Voluntary Action North Somerset

The For All Healthy Living Company, based at the Health Living Centre in Weston super Mare’s South Ward are advertising three new posts:

• Community Learning Co-Ordinator
  £18,450 - £22,845 pro rata  22 hours per week
• Mental Health For All Project Worker
  £21,412 - £22,845 pro rata 4 days per week
• Mental Health For All Activities Co-Ordinator/Administrator
  £15,153 - £16,217 pro rata 3 days per week

For application forms please contact Sarah Wood, For All Health Living Centre, 68 Lonsdale Ave, Weston super Mare BS23 3SJ Tel 01934 427426
email info@forallhlc.org or visit www.forallhlc.org and go to the jobs tab or download more information here.

GlaxoSmithKline’s Community Health IMPACT Awards in partnership with The King’s Fund.

Would you like to receive an award of up to £35,000 in unrestricted funding plus high – level recognition for your work?

• The Awards are open o registered charities that are at least 3 years old, working in a health related field in the UK, with a total annual income between £10,000 and £1 million.
• You do not need to present a new project. The Awards are designed to recognise success and achievements for existing work.
• Up to 20 awards will be made and you decide how to use the money.

You can apply by downloading an application form and guidelines from:

www.kingsfund.org.uk/gskimpactawards.

For a hard copy of the guidelines and brochure please send an A4 SAE to:

GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards, Funding and Development, The King’s Fund, 11 – 13 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0AN

Tel 020 7307 2400

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday 26th September 2008

The Environmental Network of North Somerset and Weston Civic Society are holding a Green Festival on Saturday 30th August, 12 noon til 8 pm, at Weston Old Town Quarry on South Road.

At least 20 local Environmental groups will be there, along with celebrities Chris Sperring of Hawk & Owl Trust and BBC nature presenter Sanjida O’Connell.

Events include competitions, children’s activities, refreshments, pig roast and a Ceilidh in the evening.

For more information go to www.tenons.org.uk or phone 01934 623000/424675

IBM recently announced a new version of their Lotus Symphony office software which can be downloaded free here .  You can create documents, presentations and spreadsheets in Lotus Symphony which are fully compatible with Microsoft Office.

Lotus Symphony was voted Product of the Year for 2008 for office productivity, beating Microsoft Office, Open Office and ThinkFree Office.

Would you like to be able to communicate with people who have hearing problems?

Would you like to learn sign language to communicate with your Friends?

Come along and make new friends and learn a great new skill.

Thursday’s 10.00 - 12.00

Starting September 2008 at the Fire Station, Weston - super - Mare.

FREE Activity and FREE refreshments!!

Places are limited so please contact Vicky on 01275 884420

North Somerset Partnership, the local strategic partnership for our area,  has announced the new North Somerset Sustainable Community Strategy 2008 - 2026, titled “improving Our Communities Together”.

The complete 76-page strategy document can be downloaded as a pdf file from the partnership website here.

A summary will be circulated in the autumn.

Co-ordinator/Manager for Disabled Children’s Respite Service

Crossroads Caring for Carers are looking for someone to fill this vacancy, which is initially 20 hrs per week.

To provide respite services to carers of disabled children in their own homes throughout North Somerset. Applicants must have relevant NVQ3 or equivalent plus minimum of 2 years experience working with children. Own transport necessary. Closing date Friday 11th July 2008.

For an application pack please contact: North Somerset Crossroads, The Carers Centre, 1 Graham Road, Weston super Mare, BS22 8RB. Tel 01934 411842.

Visit the North Somerset Crossroads website for more about their work with carers.

The Primary Care Trust are holding a stakeholder event at the Winter Gardens on Monday June 30th between 9.30am and 4.30pm.  The event forms part of the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the NHS.

For further details including booking information, please contact 01275 546757 
or email events@nsomerset-pct.nhs.uk

Through the Community Fund the Co-operative Group provides funding to community groups that share their social values. A wide variety of groups are eligible to apply including environmental groups, organisations that deal with young or elderly people, organisations concerned with the care for people with disabilities, playgroups, credit unions and education projects.

Applicants to the Community Fund scheme do not have to be charities, but projects must have a charitable purpose. There are three charitable purposes covered by the scheme:

• Relief of poverty
• Advancement of education
• Other purposes beneficial to the community, such as environmental projects, protecting heritage sites, or promoting racial harmony

Applications are on a rolling basis with no deadlines. Application forms can be downloaded. Organisations applying for more than £500 must enclose a copy of their latest accounts or a three month record of its income and spending signed by the group’s treasurer. A bank statement will not be accepted as an alternative.

For further information contact the Community Fund team at the Co-operative Group.

www.co-operativemembership.coop/en/communityfund/

or download an application pack

Somerset CrimeBeat are offering Grants of up to £1000 to help make your local community a better place to be.

Groups are invited to apply for funding for projects which will change their community for the better. For example, this might be through helping the environment, building community links, focusing on issues surrounding drug use or reducing crime.

For more details and to apply, visit this site