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Welcome
Hello Colleague
Welcome to the Nova February 2021 e-bulletin. This update provides information on the latest news, support, funding and jobs to help voluntary and community groups in Wakefield District.
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News
We are recruiting - Business Support Officer
Nova is the support organisation for the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector in Wakefield District and we are currently looking to recruit a Business Support Officer, to join our small, highly motivated team.
This is an exciting new role at Nova, which will be supported by the Operations Manager.
Salary: £19,000 per annum
Hours: 37.5 per week
Holidays: 25 days + bank holidays + three days between Christmas and New Year (pro rata if applicable)
Employment type: Permanent
Benefits: 5% of salary contribution to a pension scheme, employer paid staff health care plan, flexible working
Closing date: 5pm on 24 February 2021
Interviews: currently planned for 12 March 2021
Please see the Job Description (Word) and Recruitment Pack (Word) for more information, and to apply.
Live Well Wakefield - Shortlisted for Award!
Live Well Wakefield has been shortlisted in the category of Best Larger Social Prescribing Project in the Social Prescribing Awards 2021.
Live Well offers social prescribing services right across the Wakefield District and over the past 12 months has adapted their delivery to ensure the support remains available during the Covid-19 pandemic. In that time they have supported over 3,000 people to access services to improve their health and wellbeing and ensured vulnerable people have access to essentials like food and medication.
Service Manager, Rebecca Bibbs had this to say about the news:
“I'm always very proud of Live Well Wakefield and the whole team, but this year I am particularly proud to be shortlisted for such an award. The team has not only supported thousands of people to get access to food, medication, social activities, financial support and much more but they have done this whilst feeling anxious, uncertain and fretful themselves. We've all had to pull together and support each other and we could not have done it without our partner organisations, so thank you to everyone in the Wakefield system that has supported us.”
The news came as part of a double header for the Live Well service as Advisor Darren Dooler was also shortlisted for the award for Most Inspirational Person. The award, Supported by NHS England and NHS Improvement aims to identify a person who has benefitted from a social prescribing scheme and has since gone on to help and support others. Darren, or Daz as he is better known, was nominated by his colleagues who recognised his inspirational journey and the impact he is now having on the lives of others through his work as a social prescribing advisor, self-management tutor and through the creation of S.M.a.S.H, the Self-help and Self-Management support group he helped establish and is heavily involved with.
Building Powerful Communities
We are FAST approaching the first Community Entrepreneurs Start up Programme sessions which will be running monthly for the next 6 months.
The sessions will be delivered by inspiring social entrepreneurs who have been there and DONE it and they want to share their experiences!
The Community Entrepreneurs Start Up Programme is an exciting new bite size training programme for potential entrepreneurs to find out more about setting up a Social Enterprise and how to go about it. It is also aimed at Trustees of existing groups and organisations who want to find out more about how to make their organisation more enterprising.
The bite size sessions will cover the following topics and you can drop-in to the ones that you need the most:
- What is a Social Enterprise – an intro to Nova and to VCSE Sector, recognising a need and social impact
- Your business idea – developing your strategy and writing a business plan
- Setting up a Social Enterprise – which legal structure is right for you and what do you need to do?
- Funding – sources of funding, fundraising, writing successful bids and match funding for small capital grants
- Getting your message across – marketing campaign, market research, social media and website
- Looking after the finances – what to consider – budgets, cashflow, management of finances, support
- Legal duties – policies and procedures, health & safety and safeguarding
- Next steps – Nova support, further support and training
All sessions will be delivered online via Zoom. There will be connection with a Nova Adviser throughout the programme and we will provide ongoing support from session 8 onwards for participants who wish to take their enterprise ideas to the next step.
To be eligible for the programmes you must be living in an eligible postcode in Airedale, Castleford, Ferrybridge, Havercroft & Ryhill, Kinsley & Fitzwilliam, Hemsworth, South Elmsall or South Kirkby, or you may want to operate your business in one of these areas. An Adviser will check that your postcode is eligible.
Programme 1 will be starting on 2 March on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10am - 12pm until 25 March. Please visit the Nova website to find the dates and times of the following programmes.
We aim to inspire and excite you so please contact Julie or Rich to sign up or complete this form.
Contact Julie: Julie.baker@nova-wd.org.uk 07927 554280
Contact Rich: Rich.jones@nova-wd.org.uk 07734 957439
Alzheimer’s Society Wakefield Update
Please see update from Katty Keyhani, Dementia Connect Local Services Manager – Leeds & Wakefield:
The start of pandemic, we had to act quickly to ensure that people with dementia and their loved ones will continue receiving the vital support at the time of their needs.
Shortly after start of pandemic, we have decided to close our local office at Wakefield to put more resources into what was more important to people with dementia.
Although we do not have an office at Wakefield our services are busier than ever and we are continuing to offer services to people with dementia, carers, relatives, friends and communities across the Wakefield district.
Our Dementia Support Workers are working from home, providing person centred advice and support via phone calls. The team can continue to provide specialist support in this way, whilst adhering to the latest government guidelines regarding social distancing.
In addition to their usual services, the Wakefield Alzheimer’s Society is now:
- Offering regular welfare calls to vulnerable and isolated individuals by Dementia Support Workers
- Offering wider companion calls through volunteers for people that are isolated or lonely (available to both people with dementia and carers).
- Offering virtual Singing for the Brain sessions every Wednesday afternoon, 4pm-5pm. These sessions use singing to bring people with dementia together for a friendly and stimulating activity.
- Offering an Introduction to Dementia virtual drop in, alternate Tuesdays 12.00pm - 1.15pm.
The team accept self-referrals for welfare and companion calls from anyone affected by dementia, and referrals from other professionals where consent has been given. You can contact the Society, Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm, by: telephone 01924 373264 / 07872 503419 or email wakefield@alzheimers.org.uk.
Integration and Innovation: working together to improve health and social care for all
The Department for Health and Social Care has recently published the Integration and Innovation: working together to improve health and social care for all white paper.
Mike Holt, Chair of Nova has written a summary for Nova Members. The summary can be viewed here (pdf).
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Support
The Ubele Emergency Conversation
On 28 January 2021, The Ubele Initiative hosted a two-hour long conversation around the virus, vaccine and lockdown’s impact on the BAME community. You can watch the event here and visit the Ubele website for a blog post on the event, including useful resources.
Updated Covid-19 vaccine resources
The NHS has updated public-facing FAQs and other materials to support vaccination communications:
NCVO online training
NCVO has a variety of upcoming online training sessions, on a range of topics, such as: roles and duties of trustees, volunteer management, and safeguarding essentials.
Please visit the NCVO website for full details, and to book.
Digital Toolkit for communities
Local Trust has published a Digital Toolkit - the guide offers quick and easy steps you can take and tools you can use to get the most out of these online resources – all low-cost and high impact.
For more information on the Digital Toolkit, and to download the guide, please visit the Local Trust website.
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Funding
Local Victims Support Funding
Deadline: 12 noon on 26 February 2021
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced additional funding to support victims and survivors of domestic abuse (DA) and sexual violence (SV) for the following:
- Sexual Violence Services
- Domestic Abuse services
- Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVA) funding
- Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) funding
- Critical support fund
Community Champions and Live Well Small Grants
Deadline: 5pm on 14 March 2021
This funding has a specific set of outcomes drawn from the MHCLG Covid Community Champions Programme. There will be two key areas of focus:
- Covid Messaging and Support
- Vaccine Messaging and Support
Applications are encouraged from organisations working with or within:
- Sensory impairments
- Learning Disabilities
- Disabilities
- Long term conditions
- Black and Minority Ethnic Communities including Gypsy Travellers, Refugees and People seeking Asylum
- Faith Communities
- Communities experiencing disadvantage through poverty
Grant amounts will be from £200 - £20,000. We encourage smaller groups and organisations to come forward and bid for funding, we are happy to help you.
This approach will allow smaller groups and organisations to use your knowledge of the people you help to tell us exactly what is needed. We also encourage joint applications and partnership working where organisations can evidence their collective impact in developing wider community solutions.
Community Grants launch to support local walking and cycling projects
 Deadline: 19 March 2021
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is supporting third-sector organisations to help people to cycle and walk more, through offering a fresh round of small grants of up to £5,000.
Delivered through the Combined Authority’s CityConnect programme, the grants can be used for any scheme or project aimed at encouraging people to incorporate more walking, scooting or running into their daily lives, or to help people to start or continue cycling.
This may be to improve people’s health and wellbeing, support access to employment and training opportunities, boost people’s social interactions or to achieve one of the many other benefits that cycling and walking can bring to individuals and families.
Grants can be spent on a wide range of items or activities. Previous projects have ranged from pool bike and bike loan schemes, led rides and walks for people who are socially isolated, free training to increase people’s confidence on two wheels, and route planning and waymarking around local areas.
Applications are open from Friday 19 February 2021 to midnight on Friday 19 March 2021. For more information, see www.cyclecityconnect.co.uk or email cityconnect@westyorks-ca.gov.uk.
Wakefield Third Sector Covid Response Fund
Deadline: 5pm on 19 March 2021
The Wakefield Third Sector Covid Response Fund has been launched by Wakefield and District Health and Community Support (WDHCS), an independent grant making charity in Wakefield.The funding will provide financial support for community groups, charities and social enterprises, to implement recovery strategies as a response to the impact of Covid-19.Grants will be awarded to organisations who are currently working with people and communities most affected by the pandemic, to enable them to build resilience and continue to adapt and develop their activities and approaches.Grants are available for individual organisations of £1,000 to £5,000. Grants are available of up to £15,000 for collaborative bids, where a single organisation has been identified as the lead partner.Please see the Criteria and Grant Guidance documents. For more information on how to apply, or to request an application form and guidance documents, please contact info@wdhcs.com or call Kath Lindley on 07576 952527 or Helen Fahey on 01924 373500.WDHCS is also seeking to recruit more trustees to strengthen and diversify their small but dynamic board. They are especially interested to hear from younger people, representatives from BAME communities, and anyone with a background in finance and investment, human resources, health and social care and digital and marketing.If you feel you have the skills and passion to become a trustee of a charity that wants to make a big difference, please contact Kath Lindley or Helen Fahey on 01924 373500 or email info@wdhcs.com.
Women Thrive Fund
Deadline: 25 March 2021
Rosa and Smallwood Trust have launched the 'Women Thrive Fund' for women’s and girls’ organisations in the UK. With £1.79 million of Tampon Tax money, this partnership fund will give grants of up to £40,000 to organisations supporting women and girls to improve their mental health and wellbeing and/or improve their financial resilience. The Women Thrive Fund is giving grants of up to:
- £15,000 for organisations with a turnover of £200,000 inclusive
- £40,000 for organisations with a turnover of £200,001 – £999,999.
Organisations can also apply for an additional 25% of their grant request for work which will strengthen their organisation. The programme will fund work supporting the UK’s most vulnerable, disadvantaged and/or under-represented women and girls to:
- Improve their mental health and well-being, gaining confidence, tools, skills and support to sustain those improvements; and/or
- Improve their financial resilience, increasing their routes out of poverty, gaining confidence, tools, skills and support to secure a stable financial future.
Rosa is running webinars for applicants. Follow the links below to book:
Magic Little Grants
Opens 1 March - 31 October 2021
Local Giving has partnered with 6 funding trusts from the People's Postcode Lottery to provide grants of £500 for small charities and community groups. In previous years, funding had to go towards projects that were delivering sports or physical activities. But this year funding can go towards any of the below projects:
- Improving mental wellbeing
- Enabling community participation in the arts
- Preventing or reducing the impact of poverty
- Supporting marginalised groups and promoting equality
- Improving biodiversity and green spaces
- Enabling participation in physical activity
- Responding to the climate emergency and promoting sustainability
- Increasing community access to outdoor space
CLLD Small Capital Grants Fund
Apply at any time
Support is available to new and existing organisations, and entrepreneurs who are based or operating in the above areas, to help them grow, develop ideas, try something new, become more sustainable, undertake facilitated Nova ASSIST (a diagnostic tool for organisations/groups), choose the right legal structure and look at funding opportunities.The Small Capital Grants Fund will support the development of existing and new organisations and entrepreneurs, and is managed and supported by Nova. Small Capital Grants are to enable the purchase of equipment to ensure long term relevance of community assets.
Funding requests should be in the range of £1,000 - £20,000. However, requests over £20,000 may be considered by the panel and should be initially discussed with a Nova Adviser before being discussed with the LAG (Local Action Group).
The Small Capital Grant will cover 60% of the costs of the equipment, 40% match costs will need to be provided by the organisation. Match can be provided through other charitable grant givers, social investment, an organisation’s own funding (excluding other ESIF funds) or via bank loans. Help and advice can be provided by a Nova Adviser.
Jobs
For full details on all of the below vacancies, please visit the Nova website.
South Asian Engagement Worker, Touchstone
Salary: NJC Scale Points 18 – 22, starting at £24,313 per annum/pro rata
Closing date: 21 February 2021
Charity Fundraiser, Speak with IT
Salary: £4,368 (actual) per annum
Closing date: 22 February 2021
Business Support Officer, Nova Wakefield District Limited
Salary: £19,000 per annum
Closing date: 24 February 2021
Operations Manager - Mental Health & Wellbeing Services, Yorkshire MESMAC
Salary: £34,788 per annum
Closing date: 1 March 2021
Community Safety
Vulnerabilities and Violence Report
Please see the link to the newly published Vulnerabilities and Violence report by Crest Advisory.
West Yorkshire Trading Standards Newsletter Scam Alert
This bi-monthly alert outlines trending fraud patterns during the current Covid-19 pandemic and what we can do to stay protected. The Alert can be read here (pdf).
YatH Accommodation Event
24 March 2021 |9.15am - 3.30pm
This event will allow attendees to feed in thoughts and concerns about accommodation issues for clients. This will be a chance to influence for the future. For joining details, please email Lizzie Wright whose details are within this flyer (png).
West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit Bulletin
The bulletin can be read here (pdf).
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Best wishes,
The Nova Team
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