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Invitation from Rainbow
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Invitation from Rainbow
It’s time to bid a fond farewell to Jemma, and wish her luck in her new endeavours! We would like to invite you to join us on Friday 24th September to wish Jemma well on her next adventure. Please drop in between 3.00pm & 5.00pm at Harlow Rugby Club, Howard Way, CM20 3FD. Light refreshments will be provided.  RSVP to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  
Funding
Do you require funding to make community activities accessible for Children & Young People with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) & their families? Or funding to purchase specialist equipment, training, consultancy or a run a pilot project to enable children and young people with SEND aged 0 –25 years to have greater access to a wide range of activities and opportunities in the community? Essex Short Breaks & Active Essex have extended their deadline for applications to 27th September.  
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Virtual Workshops
The NHS are offering Safeguarding Virtual Learning workshops as part of East of England learning week, sponsored and supported by NHS England and Improvement.  Week 1: 13th - 17th September 2021, Week 2: 20th - 24th September 2021 - between 1pm - 2pm.  For more info and to register see below....
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Surveys
Essex County Council have an exciting opportunity for you to take part in research which aims to better understand the experiences of people with mental health conditions and what good support could look like for you.  Your information will be used to help inform an all-age approach to mental health support and mental health strategy.  The survey is open to young people aged 12 and over with a mental health condition and people who care for someone with a mental health condition.  To take part in this survey or for more info see below ...
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Following on from the workshops held during the summer, the PFCC are moving on to the next stage of their work to develop the Police and Crime Plan.  This survey is a chance for everyone who lives, works and travels in Essex to have their say on the proposed priorities in the Police and Crime Plan.  See below for more info and to access the survey...
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News from The Chamber and its Partners

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Job Vacancies
Harlow Museum Playcation 
Funding Opportunities
Heart for Harlow Awards
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Job Vacancies
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Rainbow Services are looking to recruit another enthusiastic member of staff into our Community Builder Team.  Working to reduce loneliness and social isolation, this post will have a particular focus on people living with, and carers of people living with Dementia.  We are looking for someone that has a passion for supporting people and increasing dementia friendly, social activity.
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West Essex Community Action Network Ltd (WECAN) is a social enterprise formed by three long-standing VCSE infrastructure agencies serving West Essex (CVS Uttlesford, Rainbow Services Harlow and Voluntary Action Epping Forest). WECAN have two exciting new employment opportunities in West Essex.  Follow the link below for more info.
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Harlow Museum Playcation
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Harlow Museum are running exciting creative activities every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from Thursday 22 July to Saturday 28 August, suitable for the whole family.  Events are free, with donations welcomed. Booking is advised for some events. You can view the full Playcation 2021 programme.
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The Association of Mental Health Providers is launching a grant fund to support small-medium VCSE Mental Health providers working with communities disproportionately impacted by Covid19.  Orgs with a turnover £0-250k can apply!  Grants up to £5k.  The deadline for applications is 13th August.
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Easyfundraising are a free to use fundraising platform which enables good causes to benefit from free donations from leading retailers. They are offering a free funding webinar: 'unrestricted funding for voluntary organisations & groups', where you can find out more.  Places at the event are limited, so please register below if you’d like to join: When: Monday 16th August at: 12.30pm Duration: 30-45 mins. Book your place here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErduGurzMoH9JYDL3iks5yGQUWfTjAcjLB 
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Digital Skills for Heritage Tranche 8: Digital Volunteering funding is available for organisations and partnerships to create and support new digital volunteering opportunities.  Is your organisation looking to establish new digital volunteering opportunities and roles in the UK? Will your project support UK heritage? Do you require a grant of between £10,000 to £100,000? Will your project last no longer than 18 months? Are you a not-for-profit organisation or a partnership led by a not-for-profit organisation? If you answered yes to these questions, then see below for more info.
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Heart For Harlow Awards
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The Heart 4 Harlow Awards are half way through the nomination period. Nominations began in April and will close in November for the 2021 awards. Now would be a great time to consider those individuals or organisations, not already nominated, that you feel deserve to be recognised.
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MAKE YOUR PLEDGE TOWARDS BECOMING NET-ZERO TODAY

How to become more sustainable
 
What does it mean to be a 'sustainable' business and what are the first steps to take on your small business journey?
 
Small Business Planet is delighted to team up with Sustainable Pathways for a one hour in-depth session specifically for small business owners wanting to understand sustainability.
 
Do join us on Friday August 6th at 11AM.
 
What you will learn in this session:
 
  • What next steps you need to take to on your sustainability journey
  • Understand the fundamentals of sustainable development
  • Networking with like minded small businesses who are on their sustainability journey
 
This session is only open to a limited number of businesses, please only register if you are able to make it on the day.
 
 
 
A global task force of independent coaches, consultants and facilitators working as one to support people, organisations and communities to create an even better world where people live, think and work sustainably with ease.
 
 
Follow the Small Business Planet campaign
 
Small Business Planet is a campaign delivered by Small Business Britain to engage small businesses in climate action and encourage them to commit to making their business "net zero". This is part of the global initiative to #RaceToZero - to commit the planet to net zero emissions by 2050.
 
The campaign will help small businesses make that commitment through a series of educational events, content and expert advice on how they can address their impact on emissions and reduce our collective impact on the planet.

West Essex Mind - Here to Help

 

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Mental Health Coaches - Mind in West Essex

 

The Mental Health Coaches are part of the new Primary Care Networks that are being setup. Coaches support patients, as part of a multi-disciplinary team through their mental health journey in order to ensure it is as person centred, streamlined and seamless as possible. This is currently running as a pilot in South Uttlesford, Harlow South and Epping Forest North.

Coaches can help you with a range of support including:

  • support you to access the services you need
  • be an advocate if you are turned away from services
  • guide you to resources that will help with your mental health needs
  • accompany to to appointments
  • promote person centred recovery, independence, choice and control

If you are interested in finding out more and are a patient from one of the following surgeries, please speak directly to your GP:

News from The Chamber and its Partners

Job Vacancies
Our high-performing Chief Executive is leaving us for a new career opportunity.  We now need to find another exceptional person to carry on the good work and put their own stamp on the organisation as its executive leader.
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Grays Primary Care Network are looking for a part time Social Prescribing Link Worker to work alongside their existing Full-Time Link Worker.Thurrock CVS are recruiting within their Health and Social Care Projects. If you have an interest or background in either Health or Social Care, are a good talker, but more importantly a good listener and are passionate about people being heard then please take a look at our current vacancy.
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There are a number of job opportunities at the CARA centre. Please click on the link below for more information.
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Citizens Advice
June's edition of the Resident Advice Newsletter from Citizens Advice Harlow.
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Surveys
Exploring smartphone and tablet use by people with memory problems. Please see more information on the link below.
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A Charity Digital Skills Report survey to understand how use of digital has changed across the sector during the pandemic.
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Harlow College
Supported Studies May Newsletter.
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Mental Health First Aid
FREE half day MHFA England mental health awareness online courses available. For more information please email  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or book using this link: https://cal.smoothbook.co/mentalhealthfirstaid
Voluntary Sector Forum
The next Voluntary Sector Forum is on the 16th June 10-12 via Zoom.  
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Harlow and Gilston Garden Town
Harlow & Gilston Garden Town’s consultation for the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) is underway and they hope that you can help shape the proposals between now and Sunday 13 June.
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Harlow Council
A new Leader of the Council, Deputy Leader and Cabinet members were appointed to lead the new council following local elections held earlier this month.
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Recruiting a new CEO

Access Link CEO_Advert_final_2021.pdf

CEO Advert final 2021

Partner news from around Harlow & District

Job Vacancies
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Money Advice Specialist
Location: Based both remotely and at Citizens Advice Harlow - flexibility around this

Salary: £25,920 full time (pro-rata for part time) 
Contract Type and hours: 1-year fixed term / 37 ½ hours a week
Start Date: As soon as possible  

Closing Date:  31st May 2021If you are interested in applying for the role of Money Advice Specialist, please email  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  to request the full job spec and pack for more indepth information.
 
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Mind in West Essex have various job opportunites, please click on the link below for more information.
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Funding
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The application process to become Deutsche Bank’s UK Charity of the Year 2022-23 is now open. Deutsche Bank is looking for an ambitious mental health charity addressing one of the most pressing needs in society. Charities must be able to demonstrate a clear link to mental health alongside other eligibility criteria.
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Tesco Community Grants are accepting applications. The deadline for applications is the 24th of May.They are particularly interested in hearing from projects supporting children, young people and their families and food insecurity projects, e.g. food banks, breakfast clubs, setting up a vegetable garden at a school, etc.
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Suicide Prevention Training
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A FREE workshop consisting of two 2 hour sessions (virtually for now). These cover:

  • About suicidal feelings
  • Risk factors
  • Why suicide
  • Myths
  • How to help

On completion of the 2 workshops you will receive continued online follow up support sessions:

  • Informal (a chance to offload)
  • Formal 1:1 support
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Teens Unite
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The latest newsletter from Teens Unite Fighting Cancer.
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Unlocking Potential
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Unlocking potential: Realising the role of local charities in public service delivery, published by the Chartered Institute of Finance and Public Accounting takes a look at the interface between the charity and public sectors
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Voluntary Sector Forum
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The next Voluntary Sector Forum is on the 16th June 10-12 via Zoom.  
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The Charity Commission
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The Charity Commission has granted an extension to 90% of charities that have asked to delay submitting their annual accounts during the pandemic.
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Patient Council Workshop
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The Patient Experience Team are excited to invite you to a 2 hour workshop to establish the vision and objectives for the Patient Council adopting co-design in true fashion from the beginning. The workshop will be held on Microsoft Teams at 2pm on the 27th May, if this is something you would like to attend or contribute to in any way, then please do confirm your attendance by emailing  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
 
Home Start Essex
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Could you help a family by offering practical and emotional support? Home Start Essex are recruiting volunteers in the Harlow area, more information below.
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H4H Community Awards Awards

 

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News around the Town and District

 
Harlow Lunch
Bookings are now live for Harlow Holiday Lunch Clubs in half term. They offer table crafts and activities from the Red Balloon Foundation; a freshly prepared & nutritious cooked meal; and sports and games (outside where possible and weather permitting) from Changing Lives. 
 
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Yoga4Health
The Yoga4Health Yoga on Prescription 10-week programme at Moot Hall from Monday 7th June, 9:30 am to 11:30 am.  It supports NHS patients to gain self-care skills by learning yoga breathing, relaxation and mindfulness techniques. No prior experience is needed, and the gentle stretching and strengthening yoga postures can be done in a chair or on a yoga mat.  Contact Vicky to self refer:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Media Trust
As part of the Headlining Mental Health programme, Media Trust is running two mornings of free masterclasses during Mental Health Awareness Week to help mental health and wellbeing organisations make the most of social media.
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MoreLife

MoreLife is a leading provider in weight management and health services. They have supported 1000’s of individuals to lose weight and improve their lifestyles for the better. In light of the forth coming Community Wellbeing Service being commissioned by Essex County Council, they would like to speak to organisations across the public, private and VCSE sectors – of all sizes – who are keen to find out more and potentially collaborate with them on this opportunity.

Please contact Leanne Dykes, Partnerships and Engagement Manager on  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or call: 07933 57588
Every Mind Matters
For Mental Health Awareness week this May 10-16 Public Health England are updating their Every Mind Matters resources to help you have conversations about mental health and the things in our daily lives that can affect it.
 
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Nature is Calling

Nature is Calling encourages people living with dementia and their supporters to:

  • Understand the health and wellbeing benefits of nature.
  • Overcome the mental and physical barriers to accessing the outdoors.
  • Offer practical guidance to build your confidence and plan your outing.

These sessions are online, and have a maximum of 10-12 people, to allow plenty of time for discussion and to ask your questions. An experienced trainer will lead the session, share research and resources, and facilitate informal discussion. 
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Community Mental Health Forum
Cindy Weaver, Operational Service Manager, West Essex Community Mental Health(EPUT) and Lois Sparkes, Manager at Mind in West Essex will be part of the panel for the West Essex Mental Health & Wellbeing Group on Microsoft Teams meeting on the 20 May 2021 from 1.30pm to 3.00pm. You will have the opportunity to ask Cindy and Lois questions relating to West Essex Mental Health Services and talk about your experiences of using these services.
If you would like to attend this meeting please email The Patient Experience Team at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  
Voluntary Sector Forum
Rainbow Services would really like to know your thoughts about what you would like your future VSF meetings to include, so that we can be sure of providing what our members need. We would be so grateful if you could complete a survey, link below, which shouldn't take any more than 5 minutes of your time.  
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Funding
The Triangle Trust run two grant rounds each year – one for work supporting young carers/young adult carers and one for work supporting young offenders. Deadline: 11/05/2021
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Voice4Change England (V4CE) are pleased to announce the Windrush Community Fund. This fund is open to charities, community organisations and/or grassroots groups to bid for financial assistance from a £500,000 fund to help ensure that organisations and groups can raise awareness and support engagement among those eligible for the government’s Windrush Scheme and Windrush Compensation Scheme.
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