Come & Find Out More About Local Funding & Support

23rd July 2019

People Helping People Network Meetings in Cleckheaton & Dewsbury

Join us at Cleckheaton Town Hall tomorrow (24th July) to celebrate community activity & Local Project Funding

Join us at Howlands next week (31st July) to find out how to crowdfund for your organisation at Dewsbury Soup

Our People Helping People Network meetings are run by Third Sector Leaders Kirklees in partnership with Kirklees Council. They are designed to give information and support to community groups, voluntary groups, charities and social enterprises.

Both meetings will include:

• information about how to apply for funding like Do Something Now, and National Lottery,
• details of help with recruiting volunteers and promoting opportunities,
• information about free training and support from Third Sector Leaders
• and time for networking

The Cleckheaton event is also combined with a celebration of local project funding awarded by ward councillors from their ward budget, and will include details of how to apply for this funding. A light buffet and refreshments will be provided.

The Dewsbury event will feature Dewsbury Soup and details of how to apply for and pitch at their community crowdfunding events.

Find out more & book now on Eventbrite for Cleckheaton or Dewsbury…

Volunteering Survey: Tell us about what you do & why

11th July 2019

Help us get a picture of why people help out in their local communities & what might be stopping others from getting involved…

We want to find out a bit more about people who give some of their time to help in their local communities. For example, some people may:
  – Organise a knit and natter group
  – Help out at a Stay and Play session
  – Coach a youth football team
  – Run a local choir
  – Be a key holder for a community building

We would like to know more about why people get involved with helping their local community and what might put others off doing so. In this survey, we call anyone who gives his or her time free to help out a ‘volunteer’.

It would be helpful if you could take a few minutes to answer some questions. All the information we gather will be treated confidentially –information will be collected by Kirklees Council and only shared with Communities United Project and Third Sector Leaders Kirklees. 

Please share the survey with your volunteer teams and anyone else who you know helps out in your community, and fill it in yourself if you give your time for free in any capacity.

Start the survey…

Third Sector Jobs: ESOL Progamme Outreach Workers

11th July 2019

Third Sector Leaders Kirklees has two exciting opportunities for English Language Programme Outreach Workers  (North and South Kirklees)

The outreach workers will be part of a partnership project to increase access across Kirklees to suitable, supported and quality ESOL provision with appropriate progression routes.  This is a collaboration between Kirklees Council and TSLK funded by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.  The outreach workers will carry out regular outreach registration and advice (initial assessments) to ensure that people who would like to improve their English are appropriately advised and that the project targets are met

The posts are temporary for 12 months, 37 hours a week:  Salary Scale SCP 20 £25,295

The successful candidates will have the skills to successfully engage with diverse communities; have an understanding of the policies and practice surrounding English language learning for adult migrants in the UK and the ability to carry out assessments of language skills.

Download a job spec

Download a job application

For further information please email: val@tslkirklees.org.uk

The closing date is Monday July 29^th  and we aim to interview on Wednesday 31^st July

Member News: Huddersfield Giants Community Trust Looking for Trustees

10th July 2019

Join the largest charity associated with a super league club

Huddersfield Giants Community Trust are seeking to appoint individuals to become new members of our Board of Trustees. We need people who are committed to understanding and developing the innovative ways in which the Trust supports more than 200,000 different young people a year, many with complex and multiple needs. We are a non-profit organisation delivering sports, education & NCS-based initiatives into the community.  We are the largest official charity affiliated with a super league club. We are here to inspire, create opportunities, promote being active and as a whole building a community where everyone belongs.

The Board meets at least 6 times a year for an average 2.5 hours. There is also a need to read reports in advance of each meeting.

For further details contact Kim Turner: Kim@hgct.co.uk

www.hgct.co.uk

Locala recognised for best practice.

10th July 2019

Locala have once again achieved the Kirklees Volunteering Quality Award in recognition of the high quality volunteering experience they offer.

Locala is a Community Interest Company, an independent not-for-profit social enterprise, providing NHS community services to over 400,000 people in Kirklees and beyond. Most of the care and support is provided at home and in clinics, schools and health centres by their team of dedicated healthcare professionals. They have over 100 Volunteers engaged in a wide range of roles from Breastfeeding Peer Supporters to Cardiac Rehabilitation Buddies.

The Quality Award panel members were particularly impressed with Locala’s training and support for Volunteers including the use of IT  to track the Volunteer’s journey, enabling Locala to support a large number of Volunteers over a wide range of sites.

Our congratulations go to Sarah and Heidi, Volunteer Services Managers at Locala for their hard work and dedication.

Funding News: New Fund for Youth Social Action

5th July 2019

#iwill Fund for Young People in Kirklees – deadline 12th July

The #iwill Fund is managed by One Community Foundation on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the National Lottery Community Fund. Local fundraising is also a key part of the #iwill Programme.

The #iwill Fund is an England wide joint investment that brings together £40 million in funding from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and The National Lottery Community Fund, creating a central investment pot. The National Lottery Community Fund believes that when young people are leading social action, communities thrive.

The #iwill Fund in Kirklees will offer grants between £1,000 and £5,000 for projects and activities raising the level and quality of youth social action in an area. Activities must be for young people between the age of 10 and 20, and up to 25 years for disabled young people.
 
Social action involves activities such as campaigning, fundraising and volunteering and helping young people develop the skills and knowledge that employers looks for.

Example projects may include:

• A drop in where young people teach others new skills such as coding/bike maintenance/nail art
• Bite-size events for young people to train an organisation’s staff on the latest social media
• Growing vegetables with a local allotment or food initiative and then selling them
• Youth volunteering projects where young people support local residents needing help such as shopping, gardening and street cleaning

The Funding deadline for applications is Friday 12 July.

Applications are made online, please follow this link to the fund page, then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the blue ‘apply now’ button.

For help and advice, please contact the Foundation Grants Team: (01484) 468397.

Groups must demonstrate that their programme can meet the following quality principles of great youth social action:

West Yorkshire based sexual violence charity to host official launch of VictimFocus Academy on 8th July

5th July 2019

Survivors West Yorkshire, the Yorkshire region’s ONLY online specialist support service for male survivors of child sexual abuse (Ben’s Place) hosts launch of VictimFocus Academy with the generous support of the Digital Health Enterprise Zone (DHEZ)

This exciting event is taking place on Monday 8 July 2019 at The Digital Exchange in Little Germany, Bradford. It will celebrate the launch of the VictimFocus Academy and Resources Collection, an innovative new international service providing evidenced, critical and ethical resources, tools, books and products. The new collection of resources and education aim to support the field to improve our responses to people who have experienced sexual violence, abuse and trauma. 

With a focus on developing professionals and students towards anti-victim blaming, anti-stigma, trauma-informed and strengths-based approaches, Dr Jessica Eaton will present discussion, debate and findings from her work and from her new resources and services.

The VictimFocus business model is an ethical approach to provision of resources and education, with much of the new products being completely free and with all products being priced to be very affordable.

Dr Eaton (FRSA) is the founder and owner of VictimFocus, the VictimFocus Blog and The Eaton Foundation. The VictimFocus Blog has 1.2 million readers per year and provides a lively, funny and critical perspective on CSE, victim blaming, feminism and sexual violence against females and males. In 2018, Dr Eaton developed and launched the VictimFocus Charter to encourage all professionals to challenge and reduce victim blaming in their practice.

Bob Balfour, CEO and founder of Survivors West Yorkshire, said “we are delighted to be hosting such an important event. It is particularly poignant at a time when funding is increasingly difficult to get, despite organisations reporting big increases in demand for their services. Victim blaming undermines the safeguarding of children and the well-being needs of the adults they become.”

Survivors West Yorkshire is the home of Ben’s Place, a pioneering and secure specialist digital cloud based counselling service. It currently provides professional counselling, emotional support and advice during its operating hours. Its counsellors are BACP registered and have undergone specialist training to work online. During 2019 – 2020 it hopes to offer increasing counselling and support services offline across West Yorkshire.

The free counselling service is available to all males (aged 16 years plus) throughout the whole of West Yorkshire. 

Ben’s Place is named after a West Yorkshire male survivor who experienced childhood sexual abuse between the ages of 10 and 13. Ben took his own life shortly after his 23rd birthday. 

Researchers have found that 1 in 6 men have experienced abusive sexual experiences before the age of 18. This is probably a low estimate, since it doesn’t include non-contact experiences, which can also have lasting negative effects. West Yorkshire has some of the highest rates of sexual crime in the UK.

The mission of Ben’s Place is to deliver a professionally qualified and informed specialist support, counselling and advice service to adult male survivors (currently aged 16 plus) who are ready to look for help with their experiences of sexual crimes committed against them. 

Simply knowing they’re not alone is powerful and healing for many male survivors, especially given society’s denial of sexual violence-abuse, as evidenced by the latest reports from the Inquiry into Childhood Sexual Abuse (IICSA) led by Prof, Alex Jay. 

Survivors West Yorkshire has, for 20 years, proactively lobbied to improve services. It believes that when society listens to the stories of recovery and growth that survivors experience when they are able to access good practice specialist services, it will want to support the amazing courage males show by breaking their silence to recover from the sexual crimes – done to them – as children or adults.

For tickets to the VictimFocus launch visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victimfocus-academy-launch-conference-bradford-tickets-52264396216

VictimFocus: https://www.victimfocus.org.uk

Third Sector Training: Social Impact Measurement

5th July 2019

Focus on the Future: What Difference do you Make?

9th July 2019 at Voluntary Action Calderdale

TSL Kirklees member, SEE Ahead is running a workshop on social impact in Halifax next week.

Can you prove the difference your organisation makes?  Social impact measurement is a tool to not only shout about the effect your products or services have on your community, but also to identify what works well and what doesn’t.  This can help you to improve your offer and achieve more of a difference.

Click here to find out more and book

Take Part: Survey of Social Enterprise Activity in Kirklees

5th July 2019

And book now for the next More Than Profit Network meeting…

Deadline extended: Please complete the survey by 13th September to help us support & grow social enterprise in Kirklees

Third Sector Leaders Kirklees and Kirklees Council are supporting researchers from Leeds Beckett University with a study to explore the scale of Social Enterprise Activity (SEA) across the Region. This is part of our work to support and grow social enterprise with new initiatives such as the new More Than Profit Network.

More Than Profit Network

The next More Than Profit Network breakfast meeting will be on Wednesday 18th September at Northfield Hall in Huddersfield. Network members will take part in a mini workshop on Improving Your Social Enterprise with SEE Ahead, and will hear from the council about how social enterprises can get involved in shaping plans and improving the town centre in Huddersfield. Find out more and book now…

Complete the survey

Instigated by West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA), the research aims to:

• Establish the scale and scope of the activity/sector
• Examine the challenges that organisations undertaking SEA face
• Identify gaps in the infrastructure supporting organisations delivering SEA
• Formulate some practical policy options to support the development of the sector

For the study we would like to receive input from a wide range of organisations, including both those which classify themselves as Social Enterprises, and those that have a wider remit but undertake Social Enterprise Activities as part of their operation (SEA is defined as trading / selling goods or services which also fulfil a social mission). To take part in the research you will need to complete this online survey.

The survey should take about 10 to 15 minutes to complete. Participation is voluntary and any information given will remain totally confidential and will only be used by researchers and stakeholders involved in the project. The findings from the research will be published in a report; however, the data from the survey will be presented in aggregate form only, so neither you nor your organisation will be identifiable from the results.

Click on this link to access the online survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SocEntKirklees

If you feel you are not the most appropriate person to respond on behalf of your organisation, please forward this email to a colleague (however we only need one response from each organisation.) If you would prefer to complete a paper copy of the questionnaire or would prefer to respond over the telephone then please contact the Survey Centre on the number below. Please note the final submission date is Friday 13th September 2019.

The project is funded by Higher Education Innovation Funding and is a partnership between Leeds Beckett University and WYCA. Advice and oversight is provided by the School for Social Entrepreneurs Yorkshire and the North East and Social Enterprise Yorkshire and Humber (SEYH). The research has been reviewed and approved under LBU’s research ethics process. If you have any questions about the study please contact Penny Wymer on 0113 8121960 or p.wymer@leedsbeckett.ac.uk If you have any technical issues, or queries about how to complete the questionnaire, please contact the Survey Research Centre on (0113) 812 1960 or email m.p.reynolds@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

To find out more and join the new More Than Profit Network, please contact comms@tslkirklees.org.uk.

Third Sector Training: Introduction to Islam & Muslim Culture Course

5th July 2019

‏Cultural Competency Training, 16th July 2019

With the increasing number of terrorist attacks associated with Islam across the globe, the constant negative portrayal of Islam in the Media, and the current issues relating to Relationship Sex Education in Schools and the LGBT community; isn’t it time to learn more about Islam and Muslims from authentic sources? Here is the opportunity!

FEE only £37.00 (Discounted price)

Please let us know if you require an invoice

Venue:        Bilal Mosque

                    245 Yews Hill Rd, Huddersfield  HD4 5DE.

Date:           Tuesday 16 July 2019             Time: 9:30am to 4.00pm

To register please go to: https://ic160719.eventbrite.co.uk

Includes: lunch, information pack & visit to Mosque

Over 19,500 people throughout the UK have now attended this highly informative and successful course.

The course is delivered by Kaushar Tai, Management and Training Consultant, and is open to anyone who wishes to learn more about Islam & Muslim culture.

Learning Outcomes:

• A better understanding of the basic beliefs & practices,
• Information regarding the background to Muslims in Britain,
• Confidence in understanding what is Islam and what is not,
• Issues relating to LGBT issues and the Islamic perspective
• The meaning of Sharia Law?  The status of women in Islam
• The true meaning of Jihad? What actually happens inside a Mosque?
  
  Who is this course for? All are welcome, including:

• Anyone who wishes to learn about Islam
• Public, Private & Voluntary Sector Workers, including police, Social Workers, Teachers; counter terrorism officer, NHS staff; Mental Health Workers etc.
• Those who wish to improve their cultural competency training Foster Carers and those working with Muslim Refugees
  
  This course offers and excellent opportunity to ask any questions in a friendly & comfortable environment.  Places are limited and will be on a first come first serve basis.

For further information please contact:

Kaushar Tai at Aksaa on 0781 3811914

For an invoice email: kaushartai@hotmail.com

Member News: CUP Community Activators Scheme

5th July 2019

Year 3 Report on Their Work to Support People in Disadvantaged Areas to Create Community Activities

Attached is some information regarding the Community Activators Scheme which is a project funded by the Big Lottery (started Feb 2016) and delivered by Communities United Project (CUP). It is a 4 year project which helps people in Kirklees to step up and create activities for young people.

Children and young people’s services have been hit by cuts, so what can we do?

The answers vary from community to community but here at CUP we support people in disadvantaged areas to create great community activities.

Our work develops strengths, builds skills and opens up routes to training and qualifications.

We create change. It starts with community activities and ends with stronger, more resilient individuals and groups.

Read the report here…

If you wish to find out more visit our website or please don’t hesitate to contact me directly:

Paul Lewis, Project Director, Communities United Project

E: paul.lewis@c-u-p.org, T: 01484 510932

Member News: YCC Family Fun Day

5th July 2019

Kirklees College, 7th August 2018

TSL Kirklees Member, Yorkshire Childrens Centre is holding a free family fun day at Kirklees College this summer, as part of their Hopeful Families initiative.

Please pass the information on to clients or families who you work with who may be interested.

Partner News: Employability Skills Course

5th July 2019

Intensive Free 2.5 Day Course Starting Next Week

Crosland Moor Community Learning Centre

This course is all about improving self-esteem and gaining confidence in applying for jobs by using IT. It will cover CV writing , job search, emailing attachments and some interview skills.

If you have clients who’d be interested, get in touch asap to book their free place – 01484 462346

Member News: Growing Works Summer Celebration & AGM

5th July 2019

Thursday 11th July, 4pm to 8pm

Wakefield Road Allotments

Third Sector Leaders Kirklees member, Growing Works, is holding a Summer Celebration and Annual General Meeting. This is an opportunity to hear about their projects and progress, and plans for the future.  There will be bring and share food, free family activities, garden tours and music.  For more information contact us on 01484 549479.

The allotments site is accessed by a track leading off Wakefield Road near the junction with Dalton Green Lane.  A map of the allotments is attached but if you need directions on the day call 07719509703.

www.growingworks.org.uk

Announcing the KYA Healthy Holidays Programme

4th July 2019

Registration App Launched & First Activities Announced

Kirklees Youth Alliance is delighted to announce that it has secured it’s first big commission and funding, from Kirklees Council, to run a full programme of young people’s activities across Kirklees throughout the Summer Holidays.

The Healthy Holidays programme will include free fun activities, open to all children and young people, including sports and games, trips, arts and crafts run by a range of local organisations and community groups. And every activity will include a meal to make sure that no children go hungry in the summer break.

60 local providers, who are members of the new Kirklees Youth Alliance, have been recruited to put on 48 clubs, offering around 1100 places per day from 22nd July to 30th August. Each group has been vetted and had their policies and procedures checked, plus training has been provided for any organisations that needed an update in areas such as food hygiene, first aid or safeguarding.

Register Now on the Schools Out App

Parents can register their children now via a brand new app called KYA Schools Out, and will be able to book them on any of the activities in their local area from Monday 15th July.

See What’s On in Your Area

The first activities have been announced and you can see what’s on in your area via the lings below:

• Holme Valley
• Flockton
• Ashbrow
• Dewsbury East
• Dewsbury South
• Batley and Birstall
• Spen Valley

More areas and activities will be announced soon.

Support and Networking for Community Groups in Your Area

4th July 2019

The Next Round of People Helping People Networks is Kicking off in Marsden on July 18th

People Helping People Network meetings are run by Third Sector Leaders Kirklees in partnership with Kirklees Council. They are designed to give information and support to community groups, voluntary groups, charities and social enterprises, and are often combined with another local event such as a Ward Forum, community celebration or workshop. We run them a couple of times a year in each of the 4 areas of Kirklees and try to hold each one in a different community.

Marsden Mechanics, July 18th, 6pm to 9pm

The next round of network meetings will be kicking off in Marsden on July 18th and will be hosted by the ward councillors, Rob Walker, Nell Griffiths and Lesley Warner as part of their Ward Forum. As well as featuring vital community updates on things like neighbourhood policing, household waste and recycling, and Locala baby weigh-in clinics, it will focus on helping you get more funding, find more volunteers, and upskill your team. And there’ll be time for sharing, networking and making connections.

Find out more and book now.

More Dates Coming Soon in North Kirklees

After Marsden, PHP will be heading for North Kirklees and will be joining the celebration event for community groups who’ve been funded by the Cleckheaton and Heckmondwike Ward budgets at Cleckheaton Town Hall on 24th July. This meeting will focus on how to develop ideas, take the next steps and get more funding.

And then we’ll be visiting Dewsbury to look at crowdfunding with Dewsbury Soup and recruiting more volunteers with Volunteering Kirklees.

More details and booking will follow soon.

Come & Learn How To Add Value & Create Impact Through Marketing

2nd July 2019

Third Sector Marketing Conference

Dewsbury Minster

16th July 2019, 10am to 2pm

Join us for a free marketing conference for charities, community & voluntary groups & social enterprises in Kirklees.

The conference will cover different aspects of marketing, including social media, PR, and marketing strategy, and will focus on helping you add value and create impact for your organisation.  It will help you learn how to turn your work into great stories and content that will help you shout about what you do.

We’ll hear from local industry experts from inspirational speakers who’ll share their stories and give you hints, tips and advice. Plus there’ll be a choice of practical workshops on things like marketing strategy, Facebook, writing a press release, creating content.

Speakers and workshops

We’re delighted to announce the initial line-up of speakers and workshops:

• Janet Bebb from Social Progress – Janet is Director of one of only a handful of specialist social media marketing agencies in Kirklees and is one of only 8 accredited Facebook #SheMeansBusiness trainers in the UK, and the only certified adviser in the North of England.  She’s also a expert networker, and active promoter of community, local business, Fairtrade and reycling.  She’ll be sharing her knowledge and expertise with us, demonstrating her Big Screen Social social media wall and teaching us how to make the most of Facebook.
• Rich Sutcliffe from Agency for Good – Rich runs a unique ethical marketing agency that offers free marketing support for non-profits.  Rich runs his own social enterprise, is a member of Rotary International and is passionate about helping organisations become sustainable.  He’ll be sharing his tips on creating impact for less and will be teaching us about marketing strategy.
• Michelle Brown from Francis Browne Communications – Michelle is an experienced PR professional specialising in innovative technology companies, and as Marketing Director of Huddersfield Literature Festival has key part of promoting and growing the event over the last 6 years.  She’s also involved in her local WI and has supported the Fair Trader Co-operative in Holmfirth.  She’ll be sharing her story and teaching us how to make the most of our stories.
• Merewyn Sayers from Sayers Solutions – Merewyn provides marketing and business support to small businesses and not-for-profit organisations.  She is also heavily involved in a number of local third sector and community organisation and runs her own community network in HD8.  She’ll be teaching us about effective email marketing.
• Caroline Oughbridge from Communicating Brilliantly – Caroline is a writer, trainer and communications consultant, and former radio producer.  She has worked with a number of third sector organisations including Alzheimer’s Society, Volunteering Kirklees, Age UK, Alcohol Concern and she regularly works with Third Sector Leaders Kirklees.  She will be teaching us how to perfect our pitch and how to make how we introduce ourselves memorable and have impact.

Book now via Eventbrite.

Kirklees Council Sport & Physical Activity Team Achieve Award

20th June 2019

The Sport and Physical Activity Development Team (SPADT) at Kirklees Council aim to get people more active.

There are two volunteer programmes delivered by SPADT.  The Walk Leaders programme trains volunteers to deliver regular walks in their local community. The Movement and Games in Chairs (MAGIC) programme trains volunteers to deliver fun, chair based exercise activities in local community venues for people less mobile.. Both schemes enable the volunteers as well as the participants to improve their health and wellbeing.

We are delighted that the Sport and Physical Activity Development Team have achieved the Volunteering Kirklees Quality Award in recognition of the high quality experience they offer their Volunteers.