Community Updates
1. Registering Your Defibrillator on The Circuit Network
Please click here to view a letter from Minister for Health and Secondary Care, Will Quince MP, on registering defibrillators on ‘The Circuit’: the national defibrillator network database, which provides information on where defibrillators are located helping emergency services, including first responders.
The Circuit – the national defibrillator network provides a national overview of where defibrillators can be found. At the moment, many defibrillators never get used because emergency services don’t know where they are or how to access them. This can cost lives and that’s why this new infrastructure is so vital.
Is your defibrillator connected? Take charge. Join The Circuit today.
The Circuit - the national defibrillator network
If you have any questions that aren't on the webpage, please email ndnsupport@bhf.org.uk or call the helpline on 0300 330 5482.
2. Request for Quotation: Park Active, Park Fit’ Pilot Now Open!
Organisations are invited to submit a quotation to provide delivery for one or more physical activities as a part of the ‘Park Active, Park Fit’ pilot, which will showcase physical activity through free park-based taster sessions. The short-term pilot will be delivered from August to October 2023 to promote and encourage older adults 45+ and adults with a long-term health condition to engage and take part in gentle exercise in parks. For example, outdoor based fitness sessions, gentle exercise classes and age-appropriate sports. Sessions must encourage everyone to work at their own level and enjoy the benefits of exercising outdoors.
View the request for quotation brief here. Please submit your response by completing the Microsoft online form https://forms.office.com/e/aqXThJ87yd by 25th July 2023.
If you are unable to access the online form please contact Solihull Active and we will supply you with an alternative version. If you have any questions, please contact Solihull Active on 0121 704 8207 or via e-mail solihullactive@solihull.gov.uk no later than 12pm on Friday 21st July 2023.
3. Solihull Parenting Team Summer Holiday Workshops
The Solihull Parenting Team are hosting taster workshops this summer, open to all Solihull parents and carers and will provide a sample of strategies from the Being a Parent and Five to Thrive groups which are delivered termly.
Book your place or find out more by emailing bsmhft.parenting@nhs.net
4. National Memorial Arboretum's Lockdown Landscapes
The National Memorial Arboretum’s Lockdown Landscapes project, are inviting communities far and wide to take part in a national conversation.
Through a series of self-guided workshops, community groups will be able to map their memories and share stories of their outdoor experiences during the pandemic. The stories shared as part of Lockdown Landscapes will be brought together, creating a national archive of community experiences that will inspire the ways in which the Arboretum remembers and reflects on the pandemic in the future.
They hope to reach community groups by sharing downloadable PDFs to support self-guided workshops and would like organisations, such as libraries, to share these resources on their website. By taking part they will be able to discover more about the impact of Covid-19 on people around the nation.
If you would like to upload the free resources onto your website, or if you would like further information about the project, please contact Beth Milton - Beth.Milton@teamtala.com.
5. YOBS Solihull Family Playday
National playday events are happening across the country and YOBS is bringing one to you on Saturday 5th August between 12 - 4pm!
Come play, have fun & find out what opportunities there are in the area for children and young people.
For more information or if you are an organisation wanting to book a stall please contact yobsolihull@gmail.com.
6. Knowle Village Hall Quiz Night
Join the Knowle Village Hall Association for their quiz night on Friday 29 September at 7.30pm.
All proceeds to be for the hall refurbishment fund. For tickets and further information please call Stephen Yeomans on 01564 778163 or Carolyn Abbott on 01564 779898.
7. CAVA State of the Sector Survey 2023
In celebration of Small Charities Week 2023 CAVA are proud to be launching their fifth State of the Sector survey for voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations across Warwickshire and Solihull.
The profile of the VCFSE sector has never been greater, and they want to keep it this way. The survey explores key areas such as finances, volunteering and partnerships. It is only by understanding what is happening in communities, and what is facing you in the future, that CAVA, the public sector and funders can understand where to put our efforts to support you.
CAVA uses the findings to inform local government, funders and the public of the scale and impact of the sector. Findings from previous surveys have proved invaluable to individual organisations for a range of activities including lobbying and fundraising. To see the findings from previous State of the Sector surveys visit here. Their last report estimated that there were around 13,300 VCFSE organisations operating across Warwickshire and Solihull, over three quarters of these are small in size. They also estimated that the economic impact of volunteering was £129,300,000 annually.
In 2021 you told them that demand had gone up and income down, leaving some organisations fighting for survival as you were trying to navigate the challenges that the pandemic had thrown at you. Although the impact was not all negative, you also said that working practices and service delivery models had been transformed, enabling you to reach communities in more and different ways.
The survey takes 20-25 minutes to complete, so get a cuppa ready. They know your time is precious, and they value everybody's contribution, from organisations small and large, volunteers, trustees, and staff.
The survey is being administered on behalf of CAVA by Tiller Research Ltd. Your responses are confidential. Personal information will not be shared with any other party, and will only be used to administer the prize draw unless you opt-in to future contact.
8. Solihull Family Information Service Parents’ Network – Summer Activities 2023
This year’s summer activities pages are now live via the new Family Information Directory, to view the activities click here
Solihull Family Information Service are there to assist and support families throughout the holidays and beyond
If you require information or advice relating to childcare, activities or support services, early education funded places for 2, 3 and 4 year olds or free school meals, please visit www.solihull.gov.uk/familyinfo for further details or contact the Family Information Service helpline on 0800 389 8667 or email familyinfo@solihull.gov.uk
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9. Balsall Common Memories Cafe
A safe place for anyone with dementia accompanied by their carer, partner, friend. There is always Coffee/tea/biscuits/cake and a raffle at £1 a strip available. Just turn up no need to book.
It runs from Balsall Common Village Hall, please see below dates running with the events happening:
- 13 September - 1.15-3.15pm – Pets as Therapy
- 11 October - 1.15-3.15pm – Flower arranging (to be taken home) with a qualified florist
- 8 November - 1.15-3.15pm – Memory boxes/Remembrance singalong with Debbie ‘n’ Sam
- 13 December - 1.15-3.15pm – Christmas celebration and singalong with Tony Sparks
There is also a Coffee and Chat session for anyone with Dementia accompanied by their carer, partner, friend that runs from Balsall Common Library
The dates for these are: 3 August, 7 September, 5 October, 2 November, 7 December
Time running is: 11.00-12.30pm
For more information please contact Christine Hornsby on 07974 140353 or christine.g.hornsby@gmail.com
Volunteering Opportunities
1. Solihull CAVA - volunteer support
Whether you’re looking to volunteer, or you’re an organisation looking to recruit volunteers, CAVA can help.
If your organisation has volunteering opportunities to share, or if you are seeking a volunteering role in the borough, email them at solihullInfo@wcava.org.uk
Have you seen their latest volunteering opportunities online flyers?
- For driver volunteering opportunities click here
- For volunteering opportunities across the borough click here
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2. Volunteering Opportunity - Volunteer Drivers for Balsall Common, Berkswell and Meriden
The Community Health and Well-being Group across the parish councils of Balsall Common, Berkswell and Meriden are at the early stages of setting up a volunteer driving service along with other local organisations
There are looking for volunteers who have some spare time and the compassion to support residents who need help with transport to get to places like health appointments, bereavement Cafes and Warm/ Community Hubs and more.
Have you got some spare time to give?
In the first instance to register your interest, please send an email to Councillor David Slatter from Balsall Parish Council at dslatter@balsallparishcouncil.gov.uk.
Once they have received enough volunteer interest, they will be holding local meetings to provide more information.
Funding Opportunities
1. Grantfinder Funding Search - multiple funding opportunities
The team have access to Grantfinder, a funding database, where there is a wide range of funding opportunities that cover a variety of topics. In each newsletter, one of the team will be pulling together a list of funding available.
Please see below to view the various funding opportunities at present:
Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation.rtf
National Lottery Community Fund - The UK Fund.rtf
Morrisons Foundation.rtf
Bernard Piggott Charitable Trust.rtf
Cycling UK - Big Bike Revival Grants Programme.rtf
2.Solihull Fairer Futures Fund
In its Inception Framework, Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System sets out a series of radical ambitions to transform how health and social care services are run, and at the same time to give real focus to improving outcomes and tackling inequalities.
To help to achieve this, they have created the Fairer Futures Fund to support community, clinical and professionally-led innovation. The Fairer Futures Fund for Solihull has been delegated to the local Place Committee to administer in line with the needs of local communities.
The fund is designed to seed-corn and support activities that will contribute to improved integrated working which in turn will improve outcomes and help to tackle inequality. Initially, the majority of these may be on a very localised or team-based level, with a view to some initiatives creating new ways of working that can be scaled up and adopted across Birmingham and Solihull.
Fund Aims
The Fairer Futures Fund is designed to fund activities that will contribute to improving outcomes and tackling inequality. The Fund can support projects which are targeted at:
- Improving population health and healthcare; • Tackling unequal outcomes and access; • Enhancing productivity and value; and, • Supporting the broader social and economic development of Solihull.
Available Funding
Grants of up to £10,000 per organisation are available. Projects must be completed within 18 months.
Grants are available for projects in Solihull and will support Solihull residents. Organisations will need to have a strong track record of delivery in Solihull.
To access the fund fact sheet and to apply please use this link here
3. Lloyds Bank Foundation Local Collaborations Fund
Flexible grants of up to £1000,000 aimed at supporting impactful collaborations, led by small and local charities. Deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday 22 September.
To submit your expression of interest click here
Lloyds Bank Foundation has a dedicated website here where you can get more information.
My Solihull Map
With the My Solihull Map, you can find places to go, things to do and people to talk or listen to in your neighbourhood.
Please use this link to access the map: My Solihull Map
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