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now recruiting! west yorkshire vcse leadership programme

Applications are now open to join the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) West Yorkshire Leadership Programme!

The West Yorkshire VCSE Leadership Programme is a one-year initiative designed for existing and emerging leaders within the VCSE sector. Participants will enhance their leadership skills and engage in a comprehensive personal development programme (and will be reimbursed for their time!).

Anyone who holds a leadership roles within the VCSE sector and advocates for their sector within the health and care system is eligible. You will get to:

1. Focus on your personal development within a tailored programme.

2. Make a real impact on the sector.

3. Take part in action learning and development.

4. Get new West Yorkshire-wide networking opportunities.

5. Financial reimbursement

In addition, the organisers, VCS Alliance will collaborate with Firefly Future Ltd to provide a bespoke solution tailored to the specific needs of all sector colleagues involved. The team at Firefly Future aims to ‘develop the leaders of the future,’ ensuring individuals, teams, and organisations become the best versions of themselves, embrace diversity, and co-create high-impact results and positive health service and social change.

For more information or to apply, contact Nadine – nadine@thevcsalliance.org.uk. The deadline for applications is Friday 4th of July 2025.

Sport For Good: Fresh Topics & Online Workshops for Sport Organisations

From the beginning of June: get easier access to free expert advice and training for organisations running sports and physical activities in kirklees and West Yorkshire

Sport For Good provides high quality, expert advice to organisations that run sport or physical activities in West Yorkshire – giving you practical tools and inspiring examples to help your club, group or organisation thrive.

And now this training and expertise even easier to access – choose from a selection of free, bite-size, online workshops, with a variety of days and times to suit you.

What’s on?

Book now for sessions on:

Join the growing network of organisations taking action and sign up for a workshop today: go to the full programme on Eventbrite

Book onto as many as you’d find useful – many of the topics interconnect and so the more you do the more knowledge and skills you’ll have to help you to build a stronger organisation.

Who’s it for?

The programme is specially designed for anyone involved in running or managing an organisation that is:

  • Involved in delivering any type of community sport/physical activity (including clubs that areaffiliated a National Governing Body for their sport)
  • Supporting your local community as either an unconstituted or constitutedgroup, charity, social enterprise or community benefit society
  • Generating an income of up to £500k

More information

This project is funded by West Yorkshire Combined Authority as part of the £2.3m You Can Make It Here programme providing business support and skills training for the creative industries, culture, heritage and sport sector.

Sport For Good is delivered by the five Local Infrastructure Organisations in West Yorkshire – Third Sector Leaders Kirklees, Nova Wakefield District, Community Action Bradford & District, Voluntary Action Leeds, Voluntary & Community – and specialist partner Participate Projects. Bringing you our collective expertise with voluntary and community organisations of all sizes and knowledge of communities across West Yorkshire.

Read more about the project in the announcement from February.

An image of Muslim girls in the rain with the text: Free Workshops - on finding volunteers, fundraising and more... For anyone involved in running a sports organisaion in Kirklees. Various days and times across West Yorkshire until end May. Book now: bit.ly/S4GWY

sport for good workshops: all sessions now open to any group or sports club anywhere in west yorkshire

Book on the sport for good workshops that are most convenient for you

All of the Sport For Good workshops across West Yorkshire, are now available for any sports club or group anywhere in West Yorkshire. This will allow you to book for the day, time and venue that’s most convenient for you. They are being run by a partnership of specialist local third sector support organisations, including TSL Kirklees, Participate Projects, Nova Wakefield District, Community Action Bradford & District, Voluntary Action Leeds, Voluntary & Community, with funding from West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

The current round of Sport For Good workshops are running until the end of May and you’ll find them all listed on the TSL Kirklees Training and Events page. The next dates are:

  • 29th April in Castleford – Fundraising and Income Generation
  • 29th April in Dewsbury – How to Improve Your Governance
  • 1st May in Halifax – How to Attract, Retains and Support Volunteers
  • 1st May in Hunslet, Leeds – How to Create an Environmental Action Plan
  • 6th May in Harehills, Leeds – How to Attract, Retain and Support Volunteers
  • 7th May in Halifax – Fundraising and Income Generation
  • 7th May in Bradford – How to Improve Your Governance
  • 8th May in Huddersfield – Understanding Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
  • 14th May in Bingley – Fundraising and Income Generation
  • 14th May in Wakefield – How to Improve Your Governance
  • 15th May in South Emsall – How to Create An Environmental Action Plan

To see other available dates from 15th May to 29th May, go to the Sport For Good Eventbrite page.

Find out more about Sport For Good.

TSL Kirklees Energy Neighbours header image displaying the logos of TSL Kirklees and the National Lottery, with cartoon images showing tiny people taking part in energy-saving activities, such as using a draft excluder, or rechargeable batteries and energy-saving lightbulbs.

welcome to the new tsl kirklees energy neighbours team

and announcing clare black’s appointment as energy neighbours manager

We’re pleased to announce that Clare Black is joining TSL Kirklees as Energy Neighbours Manager. Clare will be will be working from the new Dewsbury office with:

  • Rabia Maheen as Co-ordinator – Rabia brings a mixture of local experience of volunteering and a background in public health to the project
  • Mike Ball as Information and Data Manager – Mike has a background in management with national funder, Local Trust and with a national social research organisation

In addition, we are in the process of appointing the Community Workers for the project and we expect them to start in May.

People may know Clare from her work with Batley Sporting Foundation, and more recently as Cabinet Support Officer, working with local MP, Kim Leadbeater.

Tom Taylor who developed the idea on behalf of TSL Kirklees and has been leading on the recruitment and set-up said:

We’re delighted that Clare is joining us to lead on this new innovative project, and I’m looking forward to seeing how the idea develops in practice and starts to have an impact for people and communities in Kirklees.

Over the coming weeks, as the new team settles in, Tom will be handing everything over before moving on to new challenges.

To find out more about the project, visit the TSL Kirklees Energy Neighbours page, email energyneighbours@tslkirklees.org.uk, or join the team for an introductory workshop. These are running at lunchtimes, online between 28th April and 6th May, with each session aimed at one of the four communities that the team will be working in:

  • South and West Dewsbury
  • North Huddersfield
  • South Huddersfield
  • Batley and Heckmondwike

They’re inviting organisations that work in those areas, and interested individuals to come along, give their views and help shape the TSL Kirklees Energy Neighbours work and focus in their area.

Image credit: Community Energy England

Book Now: 5 New Workshops for Sports Clubs in Kirklees

The first 5 Sport For Good workshops in Kirklees are now available to book. These free specialist and practical workshops are designed to help you make small changes that will make running your sports club easier and help grow, even in tough times.
The workshops will be held throughout April and May, on a weekday evening, in either Dewsbury or Huddersfield, starting with How to Attract, Retain and Support Volunteers at the DRAM Centre on Thursday 3rd April at 6.30pm. This workshop, run by our expert TSL Kirklees Volunteering team will give you:
  • A full understanding of what volunteers need & your responsibilities to them
  • A toolkit of resources to keep everyone safe, happy & supported
  • Examples of best practice for sports organisations
Book now for tailored, specialist advice, fresh ideas, and new tools on:
  1. How to Attract, Retain and Support Volunteers
  2. How to Improve Your Governance
  3. Understanding Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
  4. Fundraising and Income Generation
  5. How to Create a Climate Action Plan

More workshops will be announced in the coming months. Find out more.

Sport For Good West Yorkshire is a partnership project funded West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

We're Saying Goodbye to Bridget

As many of you will know, Bridget Hughes, our TSL Supporting Communities Lead has just retired. As TSL Kirklees’ longest-standing employee, the trustees and staff would like to take this opportunity to thank her for her 9 years of service, and wish her the very best in her retirement.

Bridget joined TSL in 2016, not long after it had become a charity, having previously worked for other third sector organisations (including Lifeline) and in social work. She led our very first project, Community Learning Works, and worked closely with our then Chair, Tom Taylor.

Tom said, ‘Bridget was great from the start. She was organised and got out and met loads of people and organisations, engaged them and listened. After years of us all fitting TSL work around our day jobs, having Bridget on board made a huge difference.’

As part of that work, Bridget developed a new model of community learning, bringing together and using expertise from larger local community and voluntary sector organisations as delivery partners, whilst empowering smaller local organisations to run fun and engaging activities in their local communities that brought learning to a much wider audience. This is an approach that’s still at the heart of much of TSL’s work today.

In more recent years, Bridget worked closely with our previous CEO, Val Johnson, and as Supporting Communities Lead, she continued to work with and support smaller grassroots groups across Kirklees. Her particular skill was in helping them to thrive and grow, whilst keeping admin and bureaucracy to a minimum, via initiatives such as People Helping People, Open to All, Well Connected, Health Your Way, Eat Well Move More, Ready2Learn, Here For You, Household Support Fund, Warm Spaces, Community Champions and Community Anchors. During Covid she went above and beyond to support Mutual Aid Groups, and help co-ordinate the emergency community response in Kirklees. She has been a regular judge at Thornton Lodge Action Group’s baking competitions, and even helped put together a community cookbook. More recently she was immortalised as an animated character in videos about the Community Conversations part of the Community Champions work.

I think we can all agree Bridget has been an integral part of TSL Kirklees and the wider Kirklees VCSE sector, and she will be missed.

For help or information about any of Bridget’s projects, please speak to the other members of the TSL Kirklees Supporting Communities team:

Andy Petrie, Chair of Trustees on behalf of everyone at TSL Kirklees

Important Announcement: We're leaving X

As an organisation, we have decided that it’s time to leave X (formerly Twitter). You can continue to follow us on:

  • our other social media, including Facebook, LinkedIn and Eventbrite
  • our website
  • by becoming a member
  • by signing up to our newsletters

Youll find all the links are on our Linktree – linktr.ee/TSLKirklees

This decision applies to all of our accounts on X:

We’ll add pinned posts and Linktrees to the Volunteering and Supporting Communities profiles shortly too, and we’ll leave all 3 accounts open for now, but will no longer be posting on them.

We don’t have any plans to try out any of the new social media platforms (like BlueSky) at present, but will continue to monitor the situation. If there’s another way that you’d like us to communicate with you or if you have any suggestions, please let us know.

Announcing Sport For Good - Kirklees

book now for free workshops to help your club face challenges, grow & thrive

Running a sports club isn’t easy, but you don’t have to figure it all out alone. Join other local clubs learning how to adapt and get practical advice at these free workshops.
What have we got coming up?
✅ A selection of workshops in Huddersfield & Dewsbury on
✅ Improving your governance
✅ Understanding equality, diversity & inclusion
✅ Fundraising & income generation
✅ Creating a climate action plan
✅ Starting with Attracting, Retaining & Supporting Volunteers on Thursday 3rd April at the DRAM Centre at 6.30pm, led by our TSL Kirklees Volunteering team. Book now
Open to anyone involved in running a sports club or organisation of any size in Kirklees, particularly if you’re based or working in deprived areas. These workshops can really help with the challenges you’re facing.
Find out more about the project and workshops and register on as you’d like for fresh ideas, expert insights and practical tools to help your club grow and thrive.
Sport For Good West Yorkshire is a partnership project funded by West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
Image of a man and child running towards a football goal with the words 'New programme for people who run sports clubs across West Yorkshire'. This programme is launching in March, and is fundined by West Yorkshire Combined Authority. The partners are TSL Kirklees, Voluntary Action Kirklees, Participate, Community Action Bradford & District, Nova, and Voluntary & Community.

New workshops and mentoring for grassroots sports organisations launching this Spring

We’re working with partners on Sport For Good West Yorkshire, a free programme of mentoring and workshops on key priorities for sports clubs and organisations. This project is funded by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

Almost 2,500 sports clubs and organisations (SCOs) are registered in West Yorkshire. They play an important role in their local communities, offering a place for people to come together and feel proud of their community.

But this is being put at risk as SCOs face more and more challenges: 

  • Utility costs, hire fees and insurance have all increased. This often has an impact on membership and participation fees (13% of SCOs report increasing membership fees) 
  • The cost of living is freezing young people out of participating (50% of SCOs reported that young people are unable to afford fees) 
  • There has been a national drop in volunteering, impacting the majority of SCOs run and operated by volunteers  

To overcome these challenges, some SCOs are considering reducing their sessions and many are using their reserves. But this is not a long-term solution.   

Sport For Good

We are launching a new programme for people who run sports clubs and organisations in the most deprived areas of West Yorkshire to increase the resilience, engagement, sustainability and diversity of their organisation. Tackling challenges and supporting them to thrive!

  • Completely free
  • Evening workshops available
  • Examples of best practice for sports organisations
  • Practical advice to fit your needs and capacity
  • From experienced professionals who get results

We’re excited to be delivering this project as a partnership between the five Local Infrastructure Organisations in West Yorkshire and specialist partner Participate Projects. Bringing you our collective expertise with voluntary and community organisations of all sizes and knowledge of communities across West Yorkshire.

Workshops

Free workshops will be held online and in-person in Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield. Topics will include:

  • Bid writing and fundraising
  • Equality, diversity and inclusion
  • Sustainable practices
  • Volunteering
  • Governance and leadership
  • Engaging communities and local partnerships
  • Revenue diversification
  • Inclusive marketing
  • Membership development

Mentoring

Mentoring sessions with experienced professionals will be available for eligible sports clubs or organisations who need extra support. These sessions will see eligible clubs receive support and expert advice in bid-writing or developing a fundraising plan. 

Coming soon

The programme will launch in March and details will be available on this website. Places on workshops will be limited, so check back soon!

This project is part of the £2.3 million You Can Make It Here programme. Funded by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, the programme aims to support and grow the region’s creative sector through a range of training and investment opportunities. 

Announcing the new TSL Kirklees Energy Neighbours Project

Now Recruiting for a Project Manager, Co-ordinator and Data and Information Manager

Thanks to National Lottery players, Third Sector Leaders Kirklees has received more than £900,000 from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest community funder in the UK, to empower local people to take individual and collective climate action and reduce fuel poverty in their community.

The Energy Neighbours project has a clear community capacity-building approach, working with communities and community organisations, listening to local priorities, experimenting and learning together, being transparent and accountable and sharing decision-making power. We are working for positive change together as Energy Neighbours.

The project will start in February 2025, and will employ 7 staff, including four Community Energy Development Workers, who will work with community organisations, volunteers and residents in priority areas of Kirklees where people are experiencing fuel poverty.

We are currently recruiting for a Project Manager, Project Co-ordinator, and a Data and Information Manager to start as soon as possible. (To apply, you must complete both our online application form and upload your CV.)

FIND OUT MORE

are you worried about the autumn budget statement & what it means for your organisation?

Find out more, get support & join our campaign

please tell us about the impact on your organisation by Thursday 28th November

We know that this has been a challenging year for many VCSE organisation in Kirkees and beyond, and that many of you are feeling the pressure from increased costs combined with increased demand for services and less funding, and we’re concerned that some of the announcements in the government’s recent budget will make things even more difficult for you. With this in mind, we’re sharing some of the key headlines, details of a support offer from our partners at WYCAS, and information about how you can add your voice national and regional campaigns on this issue. (Please complete a survey so that we’ve got the real life evidence to support this campaign.)

Headlines from the budget

  • National Living Wage to rise by 6.7% to £12.21 from April 2025. The National Minimum Wage for 18 to 20-year-olds will rise to £10 per hour, an increase of 16.3%. Find the full list of rates on the Government website.
  • Working age benefits will increase by 1.7% from April 2025 in line with the September figure for inflation.
  • The employer national insurance contribution (NIC) will increase by 1.2%, from 13.8% to 15% from April 2025. The threshold above which employer NIC is paid will be reduced to £5,000 from £9,100.[AE6] 
  • £1 billion for Household Support Fund and Discretionary Housing Payments in 2025-26.
  • The overall budget for local government has increased by £1.3 billion primarily through additional funding for social care (£600M), and £230 million for homelessness and rough sleeping. (national totals)
  • There will be a £22.6 billion increase for day-to-day spending for the NHS and an increase of £3.1 billion in the capital budget for 2024-25 and 2025-26.
  • The UK Shared Prosperity Fund will continue for a further year at a reduced rate of £900M.
  • £240 million for pathfinder projects for employment support programmes as part of plans in the Get Britain Working White Paper.
  • Charitable relief for business rates is retained, including for charity shops.

Whilst there are some clear positives in these announcements, for example, any increase in the National Minimum and Living Wages will have a benefit for millions of low-paid workers, and we welcome the continuation of the Household Support Fund, Discretionary Housing Payments, and UKSPF funding, our main areas of concern are:

  • Increased costs – when salary and National Insurance costs increase next year, organisations will have to subsidise existing grants and contracts with money from their reserves or for overheads or from other charitable funding will potentially have to cover these additional costs from money allocated for overheads or with reserves or other charitable funding
  • Recruitment challenges – the increase in National Living Wage will make it harder to distinguish between unskilled jobs and entry-level or administrative charity roles and may add to current recruitment challenges
  • Lower wage increases – the increase in National Insurance costs will prevent organisations from pay rises to existing charity staff
  • Underfunding of key infrastructure and services – as the government continues to address funding challenges in both health and local government, review how they work. and plan for the future, VCSE organisations are stepping in to provide more and more essential services and help reduce demand on these public sector services, however our contribution continues to be underfunded and underresourced

What support is available?

  • Help from WYCAS:
    • You can use WYCAS’s simple wage costs spreadsheet – to work out how your costs will go up next April. (Please tell us these figures in our survey below.)
    • You can book a free 30-minute advice session with a Community Accountant, any Monday afternoon until 16th December, if you have budgeting questions or need help to use any of their accounting tools. To book, email info@wycas.org.uk and put ‘Free Budgeting Support’ in the e-mail subject.
  • Help from us – If you need urgent help, please complete our enquiry form.

What are we doing?

National campaigns are being led by NCVO and ACEVO , and here in West Yorkshire, we’ve teamed up with the other VCSE support organisations to jointly campaign about the potential impact of the budget on our sector. We are writing to all the West Yorkshire MPs and the regional mayor, Tracy Brabin, to highlight our concerns and to ask for their support, and we would like to ask you to join us in adding weight and evidence to our campaign.

What can you do?

  1. Complete our short survey – tell us what impact increased NI will have on your organisation. We have teamed up with the other infrastructure charities in West Yorkshire to build the picture of the impact of these plans and advocate at a local and regional level. Complete by Thursday 28th November at 3pm
  2. Use our template to write to your MP – you can use the figures calculated above in this letter and find contact details for your MP on the UK Parliament website.

More information about Employer National Insurance Contributions

The rate of employer NIC will increase by 1.2%, from 13.8% to 15%, from 6 April 2025. The per-employee threshold at which employers start to pay National Insurance will be reduced from £9,100 per year to £5,000 per year. This means that more low paid jobs are brought into employer NIC.

Gross incomeAdditional Employer NIC per year from 5 April 2025 (estimates)
£30,000+ £866
£22,220 (National Living Wage – 35 hours per week)+ £773
£9,000+ £600 – would previously have been £0

The Office for Budget Responsibility, the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Resolution Foundation both suggest that these additional employer costs will feed through either as reduced wage growth or a reduction in wages [for those not on National Living or Minimum Wages]. These organisations suggest that it is unlikely that, overall, there will be fewer people working as a result.

To support small businesses including charities and community sports associations, the Employment Allowance which reduces employer NI liability, will increase from £5,000 to £10,500. This will effectively reduce the total employer NI liability by £10,500 in 2025-26 and will apply to all eligible employers. HM Treasury estimate that 865,000 employers will pay no NICs next year, and a further 1 million will pay the same or less NI than last year. Further information is needed to understand the full implications of this for VCSE organisations.

Resources where you can read more


Kirklees VCSE Health & Wellbeing Survey: We want to know how you are supporting health & wellbeing in your community

Tell us about your activities, impact and challenges

We’re conducting a survey in partnership with the University of Huddersfield to find out more about how our sector is helping to promote health and wellbeing in Kirklees. We want to know about your range of activities, how you’re helping people, and if you’re facing any challenges that may affect your ability to do this great work.

We want this information so that we can show how important voluntary, community, charitable and social enterprise organisations are to people’s health, wellbeing and care in Kirklees, and highlight where there are gaps in activity and support.

The survey should take 5-10 minutes to complete, and anything you tell us will be anonymous and confidential, and only used for this research. You can also say if you’re happy to take part in a more in-depth follow-up interview.

Deadline: 1st December 2024

Evaluating the tsl kirklees community champions work

How have we done in 2023/2024? Read the summaries of our work and impact, watch the video about the impact of our diabetes campaigns and see how Healthwatch Kirklees has evaluated our work on cervical screening and women’s health:

If you want to know more or have any questions, please contact steffi@tslkirklees.org.uk.

Case Studies

Start Something New That Helps Your Community in north kirklees!

sign up now for Business For Good West Yorkshire Social Venture School – Batley: FREE workshops on setting up a social venture in Batley or Dewsbury

Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th October 2024

9.30am to 3pm (lunch and refreshments included)

The Crescent CIC, Station Road, Batley, WF17 5SU

Do you have an idea that could support local people and create social change, that you want to explore and develop? This 2-day course, delivered by BFGWY partner, Participate, in partnership with TSL Kirklees Community Anchor, Fresh Futures, is open to individuals and groups, and will help you learn how to turn your proposal into a plan for a social enterprise, co-operative or community business and get started.

Over the 2-days, you will get lots of great information from specialist speakers, trainers and partners, in a variety of interactive and small group sessions and:

  • create a plan for getting their idea off the ground
  • learn the essentials about starting, developing and leading a social enterprise, co-operative, community business or other social project
  • find out about and apply for funding
  • hear from inspirational speakers from other local social ventures
  • join a network of other local like-minded people
  • get free follow-up support from one of our BFGWY Enterprise Coaches

You wil leave with:

  1. A basic business plan including:
    • an idea of the right business model for you and how to set that up
    • an basic understanding of the finances you will need to make my idea sustainable
    • an understanding of who else you need to connect and work with to make your idea successful
    • knowledge of where to go for funding and how to apply
  2. The ability to effectively communicate your idea and show what difference it’s making to local people
  3. A support network and contacts for further help if you need it

a message from our ceo and chair

standing together to promote peace and unity

and advice on staying safe during times of unrest

Dear VCSE colleagues

TSL Kirklees prides itself on being an inclusive organisation that sees diversity as a strength.  In light of the recent events in West Yorkshire and around the country, we want to add our voice to those of the faith and community leaders, police, health and council colleagues that we work in partnership with, to condemn the violence, racism and Islamophobia that we’ve been witnessing.  We stand together with them in promoting peace and unity. 

We are in contact with relevant authorities and we are working together to make sure that everyone is kept informed and safe. You will know that a lot of what you may see online is rumour, speculation and misinformation (including reports of a far-right demonstration in Huddersfield earlier in the week), and your efforts in working in your communities to get people to think twice before sharing or doing anything that might escalate a volatile situation are appreciated.

We are here to support you now and in the coming months to ensure racists and those carrying out this violence do not undermine the cohesion and relationships we all work so hard to build in our communities. Please get in touch if you want to talk about any of this, have any concerns, or suggestions about how we can work together to address any divisions and issues that have arisen.

In the meantime, we’ve pulled together a number of official resources, links and advice from the Charity Commission, National Council for Voluntary Organisations, police and others (below) to help you, your organisation and your community manage risk and stay safe.

Michael Pitchford, CEO, TSL Kirklees

Andy Petrie, Chair, TSL Kirklees


resources, advice & support

Support for organisations


support for organisations with buildings & premises

  • Advice on things to consider from the Charity Commission:
    • charities should not hesitate to call emergency services if their staff, volunteers or beneficiaries face abuse, feel threatened, or are in danger
    • are you operating in an area which has seen or is at risk of unrest? If so and you wish to continue to operate what changes could be made to mitigate any risk to your staff, visitors or beneficiaries?
    • have you reviewed the entry points to your property for weaknesses should there be unrest? Can you restrict access/improve secure entry to the property? Are different entrances available?
    • do you have alternative exit routes from the property if required? Are these clear and communicated to staff visitors on arrival?
    • should an incident occur do you have a clear procedure in place for what staff / visitors should do to stay safe? Is everyone briefed on this procedure and is it clear who will issue instructions should an incident occur?
    • do you need to have first aid trained staff or volunteers onsite?
    • have you contacted the local police force community liaison team to agree contact points for sharing of specific risks or to seek specific advice and guidance on operating?
    • who in your charity / how your charity continually reviews the latest advice, guidance or alerts from police forces or other local authorities including monitoring of social media channels
    • if you are at higher risk do you need a procedure at the start of each day to assess risk and a clear channel or method to communicate with staff or beneficiaries prior to start of operations on whether or not they should attend site
    • ensuring you have a clear process or nominated person responsible for acting upon any urgent alert or risk
  • Extra help for mosques from the Home Office, including emergency security that can be rapidly deployed.
  • Safeguarding your business during public events
  • Protect & Preparecounter-terrorism advice from ProtectUK

support for you & your community

celebrating the work of tsl kirklees community champions

a familiar face + a familiar place = great results!

Community Champions from 15 main delivery partners and 50+ smaller groups from across Kirklees were recently invited to a celebration event at Brian Jackson House in Huddersfield to thank them for all their hard work over the last couple of years.

The 91 Champions, who are aged between 18 and 65+, speak 19 different languages and represent lots of different communities, are trained to raise awareness of important health and welfare messages and help tackle health inequalities. They meet and chat to people anywhere and everywhere from supermarkets, to community centres, places of workship, schools, parks and activity clubs, encouraging and empowering them to make informed choices about things like cancer screening, vaccinations, stopping smoking, and help them understand their risk factors and how to manage long-term conditions, such as diabetes, asthma and cardio-vascular disease.

Project Lead, Steffi Rogers organised the event which included a buffet lunch from Full Circle Community Cafe, games and activities, and presentation of certificates to both organisations and individual Community Champions. She said: ‘All of our Champions are thoroughly lovely people, who are great at talking and have a real desire to help people and make a change. They’re trusted, compassionate, approachable with an amazing range of skills and lived experience, and it’s really important that we make sure they know just how special they are.’

kirklees Health, social care & wellbeing network: next meeting dates & notes of previous meetings

Next Kirklees Health, Social Care & Wellbeing Network Dates

Read the notes from previous Kirklees Health, Social Care & Wellbeing Network meetings – for voluntary & community organisations, charities & social enterprises in Kirklees that help support people’s health & wellbeing

TSL Kirklees CEO Interviewed for Kirklees Local TV (KLTV)

Our CEO, Michael Pitchford was recently interviewed by Dr Milton Brown for KLTV’s Kirklees Public Eye – Where Politics Meets Community.

In the interview Michael talked about his family and background in the North West and then Huddersfield, and how his upbringing shaped his passion for social justice and tackling inequalities. This led him into a career in community work and philanthropy, working with diverse and marginalised communities.

He also talked about the role of TSL KIrklees, as a charity, in supporting the third sector locally, connecting with communities and helping to tackle local inequalities, and how he sees that work developing. His explained his vision is for a district where large and small organisations – ‘the hidden wiring in the system’ – work together to support and uplift local people and communities, alongside statutory and public bodies, like health and the police, on a hyper-local (place-based) level. He described how he wants to empower people to be innovative and try new things that will improve people’s lives and make things better for all of us in Kirklees.

He also talked about his vision for a TSL Kirklees that is ‘owned’ by organisations and communities across Kirklees with a board, membership and staff that reflect those communities. He went on to say that, despite current challenges, he wants people to feel like there are sources of energy and hope that can build on the pockets of great activity that are already out there.

Watch the full video

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