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Public Health services are urging service delivery organisations to encourage and, where necessary, support vulnerable households they work with to register themselves with utility companies, so they can be targeted should there by an emergency or disruption to energy supplies.

Sefton Council is warning people not to turn to loan sharks as the national Cost of Living Crisis takes hold.

Structure, purpose, energy and impact of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector in England and Wales Third Sector Trends has been running since 2008. The study has been surveying the sector every three years since 2010 and as such is the largest survey of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector in England and... Read more »

Sefton Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board is marking the start of Safeguarding Adults Week with the launch of its new website.  The Board brings together leaders and representatives from local organisations to ensure that safeguarding services for adults across Sefton are high quality.

The Chancellor has, on Thursday 17 November, announced his Autumn Statement.

Sefton Carers Centre are hosting two free events for unpaid carers across Sefton, to help empower people with information and support to know their rights as carers. Local carers can attend the Carers’ Rights Coffee Mornings where they will be able to access support and information from Sefton Carers Centre staff, find out more about their rights, and pick up a carers winter warmth pack.

Sefton’s ‘Care at the Chemist’ scheme has a new extended service, providing treatment for urinary tract infections (UTIs), better known as water infections, directly from local pharmacies without the need to be seen by a GP.

This is a moment of rapid change for the sector, as the cost of living bites and energy prices rise. Government needs to understand what charities, community groups and voluntary organisations are experiencing right now. Complete the Survey

MSP are working with Sport England on the Together Fund (previously called Tackling Inequalities Fund, or TIF), which is designed to enable community, voluntary and third sector organisations and constituted groups to to support people to be active.

The Government's Help for Households Campaign is offering support to help you prepare for a challenging winter. You can find out what cost of living support you could be eligible for.

As part of COP27 Volunteer Centre Sefton are sharing a selection of current nature and environmental volunteering opportunities from organisations across Sefton. In Sefton, many organisations are looking for volunteers to support a variety of projects that are designed to help nature and the environment.

The 2022 Remembrance Day events, held on Sunday November 13, will see the Mayor of Sefton, Councillors and other Sefton Council representatives join veterans, Armed Forces personnel, community leaders and members of the community in paying their respects.