Healing Connections is a new and exciting project funded by Essex County Council. Kids Inspire Healing Connections Poster It has been designed to work with; • Families of children with complex social, emotional and behavioural needs. • Children and young people who are excluded or at risk of exclusion from school. Including children and young … Read More
Events/ Opportunities
Make A Life Change – Fostering Solutions
There may be nothing we can do about the earlier chapters of a child’s life, however as a foster carer you can make a difference to the rest of the story. Fostering Solutions are one of the UK’s leading fostering agencies and will give you outstanding 24-hour support and expert training. To learn more about … Read More
Violence Against Women & Girls (VAWG)
Violence is one of the primary barriers to women’s equality. 1 in 3 women worldwide will experience gender-violence in her lifetime. Soroptimists have used education, empowerment and enabling opportunities to prevent VAWG and support victim/survivors. The state of VAWG across the world is shocking, but change can, and does happen. Please see the following film … Read More
Free Counselling For Unpaid, Family Carers
Action for Family Carers has received funding to provide a free, confidential counselling service where carers can receive individual counselling sessions from qualified counsellors in Essex. Carers may wish to explore their feelings around: • Transitions – going into care, beginning or end of caring role • Depression, anxiety, worries or stress about the past, … Read More
Victim Support Appeal For Volunteers
Can you help someone pick up the pieces? Domestic Abuse – Affects I:3 women and 1:5 men. Victim Support is looking for volunteers in Essex to help people recover from the trauma of abuse. Are YOU that person? Do you have good listening skills? Are you empathic? Do you have an awareness of the impact of abuse? … Read More
Applicants Invited for Essex County FA Inclusion Advisory Group
DIVERSITY EMBRACED BY NEW GRASSROOTS PANEL Could you play your part in ensuring local grassroots football fully embraces all its diverse disability, ethnicity, faith and GLBT communities? Essex County FA Inclusion Officer, Mark Healy, is currently recruiting members for a brand new voluntary Inclusion Advisory Group (IAG). English football’s ‘Inclusion and Anti-Discrimination Action Plan’ addresses … Read More
New Workshops from The Royal Association for Deaf People
The Royal Association for Deaf People (RAD) have new workshops for the deaf community. British Sign Language Healthy Living Group Meet once a month and learn about Health Information in BSL. FREE for Deaf people living in Essex. The venue is: Chelmsford Library, Market Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1QH April 24 – Thyroid UK May 29 … Read More
New Finance & Accounting Practice Workshops
The Community Accounts Service from Colchester Community Voluntary Services has developed an exciting range of workshops for 2014. These include:- Roles & Responsibilities of Trustees – essential information that every trustee should know, including the preparation of the Trustees’ Annual Report Understanding Financial Statements – understanding the importance of each section of the Financial Statements … Read More
The Draft North Essex Mental Health Joint Commissioning Strategy
The Draft North Essex Mental Health Joint Commissioning Strategy has been produced following the production of the North Essex Mental Health Commissioning Statement of Ambition in late June 2013 and subsequent consultation. This draft strategy sets out to describe the vision for the commissioning and delivery of mental health services for North Essex over the next three … Read More
The Stroke Club
A stroke is the third most common cause of death and the major reason for severe disability in the country. It can happen to anyone, at any age; every year there are 10,000 strokes in people of working age. At any time, in any Health District, there are over one thousand five hundred disabled stroke … Read More