Community News round up
Welcome to the Community Services bulletin. This week:
- Brookside Christmas food giveaway
- Telford Priory School Christmas music video
- Keeping in touch calls from Telford Seniors
- Christmas film at the Wellington Orbit
- New courses starting in January
- Sanctuary community investment fund.
- New job opportunity with Energize
- Changing futures fund
We are always happy to feature articles from across the community.If you would like to send us information about your event or other community related news then please get in touch at cpt@telford.gov.uk.
Free Christmas food giveaway
Brookside Central Community Centre Christmas food
Brookside Central Community Centre in conjunction with the Brookside Big Local, with support from Aldi,have organised a free Christmas food giveaway.
Free food will be available from 5.30pm-6.30pm on Christmas eve. There will be no pre-booking for this event as it is first come first served. A safe,queuing system will be in place. Please bring your own bags.Everything will be served from tables at the front of the centre.
Helping to raise funds for Young Minds.
Following on from their lockdown video success with a cover of ‘I’m still standing’ by Sir Elton John, The Telford Priory School, in Wrockwardine Wood, Telford have released another brilliant music cover video. In what has been an extremely difficult year, with mental health affecting many families and young people all across the world, in the wake of the pandemic, the Performing Arts department at the school has released another of their fantastic music cover videos to help raise funds for charity. Young Minds are a charity that helps young people in getting the mental health support they need.
Stacey Jordan, Headteacher at The Telford Priory School said, “We are all so excited to share this fantastic video with the world at Christmas. Ben is such a committed teacher helping to ensure that performing arts take a main role in our curriculum. I believe in the power of performance opportunities and the confidence this instils. I am so proud of Ben and the students! It is so wonderful too to see our staff, students and community giving so generously as this difficult time.”
Ben Millington, Head of Music at the school said, “We are really proud to be supporting this charity and the students have decided to offer an incentive to encourage donations. When anyone makes a donation and includes a song request they would like to see us cover, we will choose 4 lucky winners and cover those tunes.”
To find out more about Young Minds - https://youngminds.org.uk
YouTube link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P92j4hfkj-s
Just giving link : https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/christmascharitysingleforyoungminds
@telfordpriory @youngmindsuk
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Telford Senior's Call service.
The Telford Senior Citizens Forum have started a chat service for people over 50. volunteers from the forum offer friendly, weekly calls. This year more than ever people have been unable to get out and about and connect with their friends.The keeping in touch calls are a great way to connect each week, have a nice chat and combat loneliness. if you would like a call or have a few spare hours a week,really like to talk to new people and would like to volunteer please call the number below.
 There are also lots of organisations who support people under the age of 50 years. Details of local organisations can be found here
Local support available - Local support available - Telford & Wrekin Council
Christmas film with a very special guest
Taking bookings now for the Christmas week
The wellington Orbit will have screenings of their Christmas film 'The Grinch' from 22nd-24th December. Father Christmas will be the very special guest at the screening on Christmas eve, book now to avoid disappointment.
Learn Telford courses .
   
Sanctuary Housing offers a host of accommodation across Telford. As part of its investment aims, the housing association would like to use the community investment grant fund to respond to the challenges of Covid-19 for their residents and local communities.Applications are now open for groups supporting these projects in the Ketley, Sutton Hill, Lawley,St Georges and Snedshill areas of Telford.
Empowering Communities Manager
Energize are recruiting an ‘Empowering Communities Manager’ position.
We are seeking a highly proactive and enthusiastic individual who can inspire, build trust and drive forward local projects with a diverse range of partners and community groups. The successful candidate will:
- Lead on projects that champion the role of sport and physical activity in improving lives (with a particular focus on addressing inequalities)
- Develop a diverse network of organisations that share and collaborate, to meet the needs of local inactive people
- Empower a thriving and sustainable activity provider sector for Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin
Salary: £30,014 - £31,929 p/a depending on qualifications & experience.
Post status: Full time (37 hours per week). A temporary contract will be offered until 31 March 2022 (with further years expected pending confirmation of external funding).
You can find more information on our website and how to apply at www.energizestw.org.uk/jobs
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applications open for new government fund
A £46 million scheme to provide more effective and coordinated support for some of the most vulnerable people in our communities was launched by Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing Kelly Tolhurst.
The government is inviting local organisations to form partnerships and bid for a share of the funding to better support those who experience multiple disadvantages including homelessness, substance misuse, mental health issues, domestic abuse, and contact with the criminal justice system.
The ‘Changing Futures’ programme aims to establish new, innovative and co-ordinated ways to better support vulnerable adults. The prospectus, published today, invites expressions of interest from organisations such as councils, health bodies, police, probation services, voluntary and community sector organisations to form local partnerships.
for more information:
Changing Futures: changing systems to support adults experiencing multiple disadvantage - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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These pages are regularly updated with information on events, training, community issues and more.
If you are interested in finding out more about opportunities to volunteer then you can visit volunteertelford.co.uk like our Street Champion Facebook page, our Health Champion Facebook page or our Volunteer Telford Facebook page.
If you are a voluntary community or social enterprise group and you are interested in communicating and sharing knowledge with other VCSE groups then you can sign up to Telford VCSE groups Peer Support face book group
You can also give us a follow on Twitter @telfcommunity
Get in touch with us
Does your community need some more help? You can email the Community Services Team with your query. Get in touch at cpt@telford.gov.uk
Help and toolkits available on our website: http://www.telford.gov.uk/communitysupport
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