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Health Education England is seeking information on the provision of social support staff working with both children and adults with mental health conditions within the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector.

While temperatures in Sefton may not be forecast to reach the levels that have caused the Met Office to issue a second heat warning, the Council is still urging people to be careful and prepare for the heat.

The Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership (MVRP) fund is targeted at sports, arts and culture based activities that support young people aged under 25 years who may be more vulnerable to experiencing violence.

The Community Resilience Grant fund is open to Sefton-based voluntary, community and faith (VCF) sector groups. Groups are invited to apply for up to £2,000 to support local community health and wellbeing projects and activities that evidence community resourcefulness within the borough.

Include-IT Mersey is looking for volunteers to encourage local people to improve their digital skills at digital drop-in sessions and by accessing free training. Known as Digital Champions, they will support participants to make the most of the digital world and will volunteer in local communities to raise awareness of the benefits of getting online.

Sefton Council and its partners are once again providing food to schoolchildren from eligible families and other groups across the Borough through the 2022 summer holidays.

Following on from the VS6 “UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Making the case for Liverpool City Region's VCFSE Sector” event held in May, the VS6 Partnership have continued to strive to work with the Combined Authority to shape the Liverpool City Region’s UK-SPF investment plan. Place based VCFSE leaders from our CVSs have also been working with local authority colleagues to advocate for the sector at a local level.

This information sets out impacts a of health wave on health and wellbeing, and actions organisations and members of the public should take to protect health. There are also a number of useful links, which you can circulate to colleagues, partners and people in the community.

Following the VS6 Sustainable and Affordable Food event on 16 June 2022, VS6 are currently in the process of finalising the Community Food Mapping exercise that was presented at the event. Complete the survey!

VOLA has been commissioned by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCR CA) to undertake some research and mapping into current Digital Inclusion activities that are happening on the ground in local communities across the city region, so that the overall picture at a city region level can be brought up to date.

Sefton CVS are seeking to produce a toolkit which would allow a range of VCF organisations to demonstrate their social impact. The aim is for the toolkit to align to local area priorities, comprising common outcomes and measures which organisations/groups could select and report on. Enabling, not only the capture of individual groups impact but... Read more »

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