Southampton Virtual Jobs Fair
 We've joined up with Southampton Job Centre Plus to organise a virtual Jobs Fair for anyone in Southampton looking for work to virtually meet employers with live vacancies. If you’re a job seeker, furloughed or being made redundant in the Southampton, waterside area and Hythe then join us on Wed, 29 July 10am–4pm to:
- Attend free webinars to help you improve your employability skills and wellbeing
- Virtually meet employers for 5 minute 1 to 1 sessions where you can find out more about their vacancies and ask any questions you might have
- Get support and advice from dedicated Southampton City Council Employment Officers
Find out more and book your free place today on Eventbrite.
Are you a local employer looking to source suitable candidates for your vacancies? If you'd like to get involved in the virtual Jobs Fair please email daniel.stickland@southampton.gov.uk
Hampshire County Council introduces charging scheme at their HWRCs
 From 1 August residents in Southampton who use any of the Hampshire County Council Household Waste & Recycling Centres (HWRC), rather than the Millbrook HWRC will need to sign up to an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system to continue to dispose of waste for free at Hampshire’s HWRCs. Residents who do not sign up to the scheme will have to pay a £5 charge in order to dispose of waste at any Hampshire County Council recycling centre outside of Southampton. Read more on our website.
Can you help Southampton City Mission’s Basics Bank? There’s an app for that…
 Over the past few months, Southampton City Mission Basic Bank has been busy helping residents in need of food solutions. This wouldn’t have been possible without your generous donations which continue to keep coming in – thank you!
While the enormous spike for emergency food has calmed down to a manageable level for now, it’s important to keep our local foodbanks stocked up with the help of a new Foodbank App.
The app is available as a free download from the Apple App Store or for Android on Google Play. Simply download ‘Foodbank App’, select Southampton Basics Bank to:
- Keep up to date with what items they need most, via it’s red, amber and green traffic light system
- See the latest news updates
- Find venue locations & maps
- And donate via an online giving portal
Chasing the rainbows
 A Rainbow Trail has opened in a selection of our city parks thanks to a community art project that shares a message of hope as we move forward through the coronavirus pandemic.
During July and August, you’ll be able to spot rainbows in parks including The Common, Freemantle Lake, Riverside Park, Southampton sport centre and the city centre.
Carved from up-cycled scaffold board and printed with designs by local children and residents of Southampton, scan the QR code to “capture the rainbow” and read the story attached.
Visit our website to find out more.
Take our Coronavirus resident survey
 We’d like to know how to better serve you in these unprecedented times. By completing our Coronavirus residents survey, you’re helping to potentially improve community services, health programmes and other care for residents affected by this pandemic. We’d especially like to hear from young adults. Please take 5 minutes to complete the survey and tell us about your experience during the pandemic.
Cycle route maps and videos
 My Journey, our sustainable travel programme, has created a collection of videos and online maps showcasing different cycle routes in and around Southampton, covering both key commuter corridors and routes more suitable for leisure purposes. Planning a route by bike can often be a barrier for those who are new to cycling or haven’t cycled for a long time. These resources are intended to help people overcome that barrier and give them the confidence to get around by bike. All of the videos and maps are available on the My Journey website here. For other helpful information and resources, click here.
 With the help of sniffer dog Cooper, our Trading Standards team seized £6000 worth of illegal cigarettes on Monday. The illegal tobacco he sniffs out is not only harmful to your health, but often contains contaminants like asbestos, rat droppings, dead insects and human excrement. Sales of illegal tobacco are often coordinated by criminals engaged in other serious crime. To help you quit and reduce your risk of being seriously ill, log on to #QuitforCovid on Twitter weeknights, 7-8 pm, to get support and advice, please visit our website.
Report illegal tobacco: http://stop-illegal-tobacco.co.uk
 It is now less than one year before the EU Settlement Scheme application deadline of 30 June 2021. Already there have been over 3.6 million applications nationally but here are still many who are yet to apply.
EEA citizens and their family members who have been granted pre-settled or settled status have secured their rights in UK law, ensuring that they will have the evidence they need to continue living and working in the UK.
Secure your status now by applying on GOV.UK
 This year, the city will be celebrating Southampton Timebank Day on Sunday 12 July and recognising the fantastic Timebank members who exchange their time to help others.
Southampton Timebank members are outstanding members of our community who have volunteered their time to help others that have been isolated or shielding due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Since the lockdown started in March, Southampton Timebank has received requests from nearly 400 households asking for help, this has resulted in almost 1,200 exchanges, which includes the phone buddy scheme.
Timebanking is an exchange of skills and experience and supports people to trade their skills for someone else's in order to get a job done. It is an exchange of time, an hour for an hour. Residents can volunteer their time however they like, doing whatever they enjoy – more recently the support given to others has included picking up and delivering shopping or medications when other individuals weren’t able to do it themselves, delivery of food parcels or simply acting as a ‘phone buddy’ and ringing people who are isolated for a chat to check they are well.
For more information about Southampton Timebank and to join contact: timebank@southampton.gov.uk or visit Southampton Timebank.
To read more about this, please visit our website.
 Over the past few months, we’ve seen a significant rise in people walking and cycling across the city. Our sustainable travel programme, My Journey, can provide a range of useful information and resources to help people continue these healthy habits and make them a part of the new normal as we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic. As part of this, My Journey is now offering grants of up to £4k to help cycling clubs, voluntary or community organisations deliver walking or cycling initiatives to local residents. The grant can be used to run a variety of community activities which could include:
- Bike Doctor events
- Maintenance workshops
- Cycle training
- Led walks or rides
- Temporary street closures
- Activity trails and much more
Grant applications must be made by midday on Friday 18 December 2020 and emailed to: activetravel@myjourneysouthampton.com
For more information and to download the application form, please click here.
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