Inform

Just a quck reminder that the deadline for articles is next Monday 2 September.  Contact Hilary.edwards@vamt.net

New - Welsh Charity Awards 2019

More information here   Closing date for nominations for group and individual awards, including Volunteer of the year is 2 October 2019.

Disability Arts Wales - The Big MaDCaff Project Valleys launch

Please find information regarding the launch of Disability Wales' Big MaDcaff launch for the Valleys taking place on 6 September at the Willows Centre, Troedyrhiw.

Details are linked below.  They are also seeking volunteers for the event - travelling expenses and training are available thanks to funding from Volunteering Wales.

Volunteer Recruitment

Poster

Information

Calling Trelewis Residents . . .

 

 

Merthyr Valleys Homes are looking for help in improving the services which they run at Trelewis Community Centre.  Here is a link to their survey   https://bit.ly/2NeVlux 

 They are  also looking for residents to join a residents group at the centre to help our (very) small team to continue to develop the centre and ensure that everything we do is benefiting the wider community.

The survey is anonymous but if anyone wants more information about the centre and how to get involved contact  Community@mvhomes.org.uk email or call 01685 727894.

Ffos y Fran Intermediate Fund - live from next week to 5 September

The Ffos-y-Fran Intermediate Fund, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council, will open for applications next week until 5 September 2019. Grants of up to £5,000  will be available for  projects based in the county borough and benefit local residents by having an educational, environmental or leisure emphasis.

 For further information please contact Alex Stephens alex.stephens@merthyr.gov.uk
01685 727021

Secondment Oppportunity for Small Charity leader - Lloyds Bank Foundation

Secondment opportunity for charity leader

Lloyds Bank Foundation are offering a 12-month secondment opportunity for a small charity leader.
The Lloyds Bank Foundation Development Team are looking for someone with experience of leading a charity with an income of under £1 million to help transform and strengthen small charities and the future of the sector.
The candidate will explore opportunities for collaboration and sustainability; generate new ideas; help restore ambition in the sector, and identify pathways to promote growth.
The Foundation will backfill the leader’s current post and cover expenses.

A webinar about the post will take place on 28 August 2019 at 11am.
Find out more here

Mae Sefydliad Lloyds Bank yn cynnig cyfle am secondiad i arweinydd elusen bach ei maint.

Mae Tîm Datblygu Sefydliad Lloyds Bank yn chwilio am rywun gyda phrofiad o arwain elusen gydag incwm o lai na £1 miliwn i helpu trawsnewid a chryfhau elusennau bach eu maint a dyfodol y sector. 

Bydd yr ymgeisydd yn chwilio am gyfleoedd cydweithio a chynaliadwyedd; cynhyrchu syniadau newydd; helpu i adfer uchelgais yn y sector, a dod o hyd i lwybrau i hybu twf.

Bydd y Sefydliad yn ôl-lenwi swydd yr arweinydd presennol ac yn talu’r costau.

Bydd gweminar am y rôl yn digwydd ar 28 Awst 2019 am 11yb.
Cewch wybod mwy yma.

Active Inclusion Fund Information Sessions

Following the announcement of the extension of the Active Inclusion Fund with a further £11.5m of funding, WCVA will be holding a series of information sessions during September to help and support organisations who may be interested in applying.

The sessions are aimed to provide groups with more information and guidance on the application process including what can be funded.

The events are scheduled to take place on the following dates:
    
12 September - Merthyr Tydfil https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sesiwn-wybodaeth-cronfa-cynhwysiant-gweithredol-merthyr-tudful-active-inclusion-fund-information-tickets-68773787249

Registration is at 9.30 am and the events start at 10 am. There will be a networking lunch at the end of the session from 12.30 pm.

 

Inform - VAMT's hard copy news letter for September

The deadline for September's edition of Inform is Monday 2 September 2019.   If you've got something you'd like to share with the third sector in Merthyr Tydfil, email Hilary.edwards@vamt.net

Look forward to hearing from you.

Community Buildings Event - Coalfields Regeneration Trust

The Coalfields Regeneration Trust are hosting an event at Llanhilleth Institute on the 18^th September.  This free event will be of interest to anyone that is currently managing, or looking to take on the management of a community building. Further information on the event is attached.  Following lunch there will be the opportunity to receive specialist 1:1 advice from a property expert and to meet with funders. You can book for the event via eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/managing-community-buildings-tickets-68592834013 or by contacting our office wales@coalfields-regen.org.uk. 

 

If you know of any other group who may be interested please feel free to circulate the information https://www.facebook.com/events/2501439566617415/

  

VAMT Job Opportunity - Tackling Loneliness & Isolation

SWYDDOG DATBLYGU – TACLO UNIGRWYDD AC ARWAHANRWYDD

£23,398 - £28,485 y flwyddyn

37 awr yr wythnos

Byddwch yn cydweithio â chymunedau, y trydydd sector a sefydliadau statudol i fynd i’r afael ag unigrwydd ac arwahanrwydd ym Merthyr Tudful a Rhondda Cynon Taf. Bydd gennych brofiad uniongyrchol o weithio gyda chymunedau ac o gefnogi mentrau sy’n cael eu harwain gan y gymuned.

Os hoffech ragor o fanylion a phecyn cais, ewch i’r dudalen GGMT Swyddi, neu cysylltwch â Laura Johnson yn VAMT ar 01685 353900.

Bydd y swydd yn cael ei hariannu gan y Gronfa Gofal Integredig tan 31 Mawrth 2021.

Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer ceisiadau ydy 22 Awst. Bydd y cyfweliadau’n cael eu cynnal ar 10 Medi.

Elusen gofrestredig 1118403

Cwmni cyfyngedig drwy warant 6058360

TACKLING LONELINESS AND ISOLATION DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

£23,398 - £28,485 per annum

37 hours per week

You will work collaboratively with communities, third sector and statutory organisations to tackle loneliness and isolation in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf. You will have direct experience of working with communities and supporting community led initiatives.

For further details and an application pack please visit VAMT Jobs or contact Laura Johnson at VAMT on 01685 353900.

The post is funded by the Integrated Care Fund until 31^st March 2021.

The closing date for applications is 22^nd August. The interviews will be held on 10^th September.

Registered Charity 1118403

Company Limited by Guarantee 6058360

Job Vacancy - Age Connects Morgannwg

Age Connects Morgannwg is recruiting an Events and Community Fundraising Co-ordinator to join its Business Development Team. 

If you have experience in strategic, results driven charity fundraising, events management, building positive and successful relationships with individual and corporate donors, we want to hear from you.  We offer a competitive package including flexible and home working.  This is a fixed term, part-time opportunity with ambitious but achievable targets.   

Please submit a completed Application Form by Friday, 16^th August 2019. Send to Lynda.bogunovic@acmorgannwg.org.uk

For more information on the role and why Age Connects is a great place to work, please contact the CEO, Rachel Rowlands at Rachel.rowlands@acmorgannwg.org.uk, 01443 490659.

Mae Age Connects Morgannwg yn recriwtio Cydgysylltydd Digwyddiadau a Chodi Arian Cymunedol i ymuno â'i Dîm Datblygu Busnes. 

Os oes gennych brofiad o wneud gwaith codi arian strategol i elusen a symbylir gan ganlyniadau, o reoli digwyddiadau, meithrin perthynas gadarnhaol a lwyddiannus â rhoddwyr unigol a chorfforaethol, rydym yn awyddus i glywed gennych.  Rydym yn cynnig pecyn cystadleuol yn cynnwys gweithio'n hyblyg ac yn y cartref.  Mae hwn yn gyfle tymor penodol, rhan-amser gyda thargedau uchelgeisiol ond cyraeddadwy. 

Dylech gyflwyno Ffurflen Gais wedi'i chwblhau erbyn Dydd Gwener, 16 Awst 2019. Anfon at Lynda.bogunovic@acmorgannwg.org.uk

Er mwyn cael rhagor o wybodaeth am y rôl ac i ddarganfod pam y mae Age Connects yn lle ardderchog i weithio, cysylltwch â Rachel Rowlands, y Prif Swyddog Gweithredol, yn Rachel.rowlands@acmorgannwg.org.uk, 01443 490659.

Job Description

Application Form

Ffurflen Gais

Disgrifiad Swydd

Job Vacancies - Drink Wise, Age Well

Job Vacancies

Drink Wise, Age Well Programme

 We have a number of fixed term posts, both full- time and part-time, as we look for people to join our team during the last year of this exciting Programme

 Drink Wise, Age Well is a Big Lottery funded Programme predominantly helping people make healthier choices about alcohol as they age. We do this a number of ways by providing direct support for older adults using alcohol; through family support; by raising awareness via public events, through employers, stands, stalls, workshops and media; by building resilience with social and skills activities in the community for older adults,  through structured group work and through volunteering and befriending; by delivering training. We are recruiting and mentoring peer educators and we are also running campaigns to raise awareness, influence policy and tackle stigma.

If you would be interested in any of the above and have the skills or experience needed to carry out tasks such as direct client work, mentoring, community engagement, administration, data entry, reception skills, group facilitation or training delivery or you think that you could be of value as a paid member of staff, please contact us via the details below.

Please note that any offers of employment are fixed term, from recruitment up until 31^st March 2020.

Our services are delivered during office hours Mon – Friday 9am – 5pm. Our offices are based in Pontypridd with services delivered across Cwm Taf.

Salary for these posts will be £19,644.50 - £21,917 pro rata

For an application pack (including application form) please go to http://barod.cymru/about-us/work-with-us/

If you would like more information on these job vacancies please contact Richard Broadway, Locality Manager on 0800 161 5780 or richard.broadway@drinkwiseagewell.org.uk 

Adult Learning Wales - Award in Education and Training - NEW COURSE

More information is available here

Application form is available here