VAL E-Briefing 20 December 2011

City and County Council spending - have your say

The City and County councils are currently formulating their spending priorities for the next year. As part of the Stand up for Communities campaign, Voluntary Action LeicesterShire is holding a series of workshop sessions to feed into the setting of spending priorities for both the City and the County and we want to hear YOUR views.

Action for Children - Growing Our Strengths Leicester Event

Date and time: 10 January 2012 9.30am-3.30pm
Venue: Devonshire Place
Cost: Free

Action for Children and partners invite Voluntary Community Sector organisations working with or supporting Children, Young People and Families to a series of free promote and discover events about proving outcomes and demonstrating best practice.

Premises Officer - Glebe House

Location: 190 Forest Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3HU
Salary/Payscale: £8.31
Closing Date: 12pm Friday 8 January 2012
Hours: Part-time 5 days per week Monday 7.30 am - 11.30 am and Tuesday - Friday 7.30 am - 10.30 am
Contract details: Permanent

Glebe House are looking for an individual with good communication skills and attention to detail. Applicants should have experience of securing and disabling alarms, cleaning floors, surfaces and equipment.

Coordinator - Shepshed Toy Library

Closing date: 10 January 2012

Shepshed Toy Library are looking for a coordinator to take responsibility for the day to day running of a well established Toy Library. As a charitable organisation this role involves working with a valuable team of volunteers and the management committee. Suitable applicants should have good literacy, numeracy and IT skills, enjoy working with people and have a sound knowledge of child development. This is a part time post mainly during school term time.

Vacancy for Administration Worker - New Futures Corner House

Hours: 25 hours per week Monday-Friday 9am to 3pm with an hour lunch break

New Futures Corner House has a vacancy for a administration worker at its residential care home for children based in Skeffington.

Strides! Project Worker

Salary: £21,176, pro rata
Duration: One year
Closing date: Monday, January 9 at 12 noon

Strides! require a project worker from 1 March 2012 - Part-time (0.2) to work with adults who have experience of mental health issues, taking specific responsibility for developing and planning individual programmes of appropriate and effective activity.

Resource Administrator - Baca

Hours: 22.5 hours per week
Salary: £13,500-£15,000 pro rata
Closing date: 6 January 2012

Baca is looking an employee to oversee the effective and efficient day to day operation of their office.

Community Buying Challenge Launched

A £60,000 initiative has been launched by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and Co-operatives UK to promote community buying models.

New Energy Efficiency Funding Announced

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has launched a £30 million investment in community green schemes and public sector energy efficiency.

Tender Opportunity - Harborough District Volunteer Home Visiting Service

This tender is to provide a Volunteer Home Visiting service, using trained volunteers to offer purposeful support, to improve family relationships and health, for families with under 5's who are experiencing stress.

Next Generation Hinckley - Trustees needed

Next Generation Hinckley is looking to recruit Trustees to the join the existing Board of dynamic dedicated Trustees who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience from different fields.

School catchment area review - for admissions from 2013-14

Starts: 5 December 2011
Ends: 10 February 2012
Wards affected: City-wide

City Mayor Peter Soulsby asked council officers to review catchment areas to ensure that all children in the city have fair access to a single catchment area school. The proposals make the links between primary and secondary schools much clearer, so that parents have a better understanding of the paths open to them.

Leicester's Culture Partnership Board Questionnaire

Closing date: 14 January 2011

Leicester's Culture Partnership Board wants to ensure that the aspirations, experiences and ambitions of Leicester residents and business people are included within the new Cultural Strategy for the City of Leicester.

Harborough District Voluntary Sector Support Forum - How to engage with the new Health Structures

Date and time: Thursday 12 January 2012 10.30am -1pm
Venue: The Settling Rooms, St Mary's Place, Market Harborough

Voluntary Action South Leicestershire are inviting you to come along to the next 'Harborough District Voluntary Sector Support Forum'.

This forum gives local groups the chance to get together and share experiences and discuss topics of interest.

Consultations gathering patient and public views - responses by 15 Jan 2012

The Joint Needs Strategic Needs Assessment is the key driver for shaping services in Leicester City and will help form priorities for the Health & Wellbeing Board and other bodies such as Clinical Commissioning Groups. This in turn will provide a focus on spend towards improving Health & Social Care provision for people in Leicester.

Health Scrutinity Forum Event

Leicester City Council Scrutiny Commission has been set up to examine, challenge and influence the decisions that are being taken around health and community involvement issues by the City Mayor and his cabinet, so that power is used wisely and the Council's performance is improved.

Changes to the NHS in Leicester and Leicestershire

The Health and Social Care Bill has proved to be a controversial piece of legislation, and has undergone several amendments through committee and successive readings in parliament and the House of Lords. There has been extensive lobbying to change sections of the bill, resulting in a pause, during which substantial sections of the Bill were revised.

Age UK's Spread the Warmth campaign

Donate spare coats and Spread the Warmth to vulnerable local older people this winter at one of Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland's 22 shops.

Latest news from Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland NHS

St Luke's Day Case Unit keys handed over to the PCT

The keys to the new St Luke's Day Case Unit in Market Harborough have been officially handed over to the PCT by builders Hallams Contracts.

The Day Case Unit is now undergoing final commissioning work and staff training, and will be ready to welcome its first patients in January.

How to make best use of your GP practice

GPs in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are endorsing a national guide which helps patients get the most out of their doctors' appointment.

Exercise to keep warm and well this winter

Walking, running and swimming are all great ways to keep warm and well this winter and with the dark nights upon us, physical activity officers are advising people to pull on their trainers or slip on their swimming caps and keep active.

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