If you have any News please contact John Richards on jrsthelensdsc@blueyonder.co.uk
12/07/10
12/07/10
Destination 100 Certificates Awarded
Congratulations to Saints Community Coaches, who have recently completed their Destination 100 Hours Certificate in Voluntary Work. The coaches operate across the borough promoting healthy lifestyle and motivation through physical education in both Rugby League and Multi Skills.
The coaches dedicate a proportion of their week to volunteering, to support career development on their C.V.’s but also promote confidence, positive communication and valuable experience in the working environment.
These highly qualified volunteers are now working towards their 200 Hours Certificate in partnership with the District Sports Council.
09/07/10
St.Helens Listen Fund
Grants of £500-£1000.are being awarded to organisations wishing to develop the local voluntary sector and to contribute to the following themes: Encouraging Volunteers, involving recruiting, training, retaining volunteers or increased level of skills for existing volunteers. As well as the main aims potential projects need to focus around one of the following:
Children and Young People, Arts and Culture, Health and Wellbeing, Environment, Employable Communities, Community Cohesion
Please see guidelines for full details, which are available from: applications@cfmerseyside.org.uk
Or phone 0151 966 4604
Deadline: 10th September 2010
05/07/10
Coaching Courses
Developing Partnership with Clubs and School
Monday 12th July 2010
St Helens Town Hall, Room 8
6.00pm - 9.00pm
Coaching Children and Young People
Monday 19th July 2010
St Helens Town Hall, Room 10
6.00pm - 9.00pm
contact for more information
Daniel Ryder
danielryder@sthelens.gov.uk
Assistant Sports Development Officer
Sports Development Service
Catapult Too
Parade Street
St Helens
WA10 1LX
Tel: 01744 675 930
Mob: 07768 414971
25/06/10
Sports Development Coach Education Programme
St.Helens Sports Development Unit provides high quality sport educational opportunities for all residents of St.Helens Borough, at an affordable price. Sport coaches are a highly important tool in the development of sport. The Sports Development Unit is committed to working continuously to provide educational opportunities for the individual, in both sporting and voluntary communities in the Borough of St.Helens.
Coach_Education_Programme-1.pdf
18/06/10
Seneley And Garswood Junior Football Club
Garswood And Simms Rd Labour
Club, Sunday 13th June 2010
Representatives from St. Helens
based Helen Marie Friends
receive a donation of £1000 from
monies rasied at the Local
Children In Need Event . Marge
Hurst (second from right) and her
husband Arthur (not pictured) have
dedicated their lives to raising
money toward helping the sick
children of St. Helens and
surrounding areas after sadly
losing their duaghter to a serious
illness 25 years ago. Also pictured
Helen Marie Friends representatives
Shiela Prescott and Tony Bradshaw
along with Club Executive
Committee Member Dave Cunliffe
and Club Chairman Colin Jones
18/06/10
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust is delivering a Mult-Skills Sports Legacy Day at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster. The day will consist of fun multi-skills activities such as javelin, running, jumping etc as part of a Quad Kids competition, giving each child the opportunity to compete with children from across the country. There will also be a fun street soccer activity on hand to give children an additional activity to take part in.
They are looking for teams of boys and girls aged 8-10 and 11-13 to take part. All participants will take away a memento of the day, regardless of where they finish in the festival. Each team needs to be a squad of 8, being made up of 4 boys and 4 girls.
CRT are reimbursing all coach travel costs to and from the festival and parents and families are welcome to come along (although we cannot pay their own individual travel expenses). It promises to be a really fun and healthy day out for kids, just before the summer holidays kick in.
It would be great if they could get some teams together from the St.Helens area- obviously they would need an appropriate adult to supervise them throughout the day.
The deadline for teams to be submitted is June 30th which only gives interested parties a couple of weeks to recruit. If interested contact anna.wilkie@coalfields-regen.org.uk
Anna`s telephone number is 07736840939.
15/06/10
ANOTHER MAJOR LCFA AWARD GOES TO SENELY & GARSWOOD JUNIOR FC
10/06/10
St Helens Compact Agreement
A new agreement is set to signal greater co-operation between local agencies and voluntary groups.
The organisations that make up the Compact Development Group– including St Helens Council, Halton and St Helens NHS Primary Care Trust and St Helens District Sports Council– have pledged to uphold and implement the new St Helens Compact.
The Compact is an agreement between organisations like the Council and its partners - and the dozens of voluntary, community, faith and voluntary sports sector groups that exist locally.
“All these groups work to make things better,” said Council Leader Marie Riimer. “But by signing up to the compact we now hope to see improved communication between them, increased understanding and effective team working – benefiting the people of St Helens.
“The key principles behind the compact are respecting the contribution all groups make, understanding the constraints each group works to and recognising everyone’s role in providing quality services.”
The Compact Agreement was signed at St.Helens Town Hall on Thursday 27th May 2010. Council Leader Marie Rimmer and Chairman Jean Mulford of the St.Helens CVS signed the agreement watched by St.Helens Council Chief Executive Carole Hudson and fellow members of the Compact Agreement Group.Our own DSC Chairman looks on at the back of the group.
25/05/10
The WREN Small Grants Scheme (SGS) is one of a range of funding streams operated by WREN under the Landfill Communities Fund.
LIVERPOOL ECHO`S CHARITY SET TO GIVE OUT CASH GRANTS
THE ECHO`s children charity Liverpool Unites is giving out grants.
If you are a community group or charity that helps children who are susceptible to becoming involved in a life of crime and poverty, we want to hear help you achieve your aims.
Liverpool Unites may be able to award you with a cash gift. We recognise that all of the work done by Merseyside charities and community groups is extremely valuable but we can only help so many.
To apply for our help, go to www.liverpoolunites.co.uk and complete an entry form for a Liverpool Unites Award.
Applications close at 5pm on Friday, June 4.
Liverpool Unites welcome all applications from community, voluntary and charity organisations within the Merseyside Area that work with children and young people up to the age of 18.
They must fit in to one of these categories
*Community Project Award. * Sports Team Organisation Award * Arts Award * Youth Group of the Year Award * Education Award *Community Engagement Award *Fundraiser of the Year Award. Outstanding Commitment to the Community Award * Children’s Charity Award
To find out if you qualify for one of the Liverpool Unites Awards and to apply go to www.liverpoolunites.co.uk
08/04/10
A credit to their sports
Quality kite mark for clubs
Local sports club representatives gathered at the Town Hall to receive their official accreditation from the Mayor of St Helens, Councillor Terry Shields.
Club Accreditation is a quality kite mark, jointly developed by Sport England and the various national governing bodies to ensure all clubs are working towards being safe, effective and child friendly.
The five new clubs to gain accreditation are the Wild Card Amateur Boxing Club, Bleak Hill Rovers Junior Football Club, Eccleston Lions Amateur Rugby League Football Club, Haydock Amateur Rugby League Football Club and the Brazilian Soccer School.
It takes the total to 16 clubs accredited through the St.Helens District Sports Council Accreditation Scheme –in partnership with St Helens Sports Development for various sports which are also recognised by Merseyside Sports Partnership.
However a total of 61 clubs are accredited through their National Governing Body or the St.Helens District Sports Council Accredited Scheme.
The St Helens District Sports Council and St.Helens Sports Development have also produced an Adult Club Accreditation Scheme, which allows all local sports clubs to go through the process.
Benefits of Club Accreditation include increased membership, access to potential funding, stronger club foundations and improved quality of coaches.
As part of the close partnership between the St.Helens District Sports Council and St Helens Sports Development, the St.Helens Sports Development has an Assistant Club Development Officer who works solely on Club Accreditation and Club Development. Anyone interested in either issue should call 01744 675923 or email danielryder@sthelens.gov.uk.
06/04/10
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About two in five applications from Merseyside result in a grant from this funder this is interested in wide ranging issues including, women, black & ethnic minority groups, grass roots organizations and other work to build skills and alleviate poverty. John Moores Foundation has announced changes to their grants please see website for updates.
Area: Merseyside and Northern Ireland
Purpose: The JMF aims to enable people who are marginalized, as a result of social, educational, physical, economic, cultural, geographical or other disadvantage to improve their social conditions and quality of life. The Foundation is particularly interested in supporting those groups that find it more than usually difficult to raise money and are small or new rather than long-established.
In line with their commitment to equal opportunities, we support projects which aim to counter racism, sexism or discrimination of any kind. Projects which particularly focus on such anti-discrimination would be expected to have substantial input from the discriminated groups concerned. As a consequence preference is given to organisations dealing with the following issues:
- Women including girls
- Black and ethnic minority organizations
- Race gender and disability awareness
- Advice and information to alleviate poverty
- Second chance learning
- Grass roots community groups
- Refugees
And in Merseyside exclusively;
- People with disabilities
- Carers
- Support and training for voluntary organisations
- Homeless people
- Childcare
- Complementary therapies
- Help towards minor building refurbishment
Grants Can Be Used For;
- Volunteer start up and running costs
- Volunteer and programme costs
- Education and training costs
- One-off project costs
- Equipment
- Salaries
Grant making is mainly directed towards organizations in the area of Merseyside (including Skelmersdale, Ellesmere Port and Halton).
Overall Annual Budget: c £ 678,000
Grant Range: £1,000 - £5,000
Who Can Apply: Projects, groups or organizations that meet the criteria of the foundation.
How to Apply: Applications should be in writing and accompanied by an application form, which can be obtained from the foundation.
When to Apply: Trustees meet five to six times a year. All applications are acknowledged
Contact Details:
Phil Godfrey, Grants Director
7th Floor
Gostins Building
32-36 Hanover Street
Liverpool
L1 4LN
Tel: 0151 707 6077
Fax: 0151 707 6066
Email: info@johnmooresfoundation.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Web: www.jmf.org.uk
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22/03/10
JustGiving For Sports Clubs
Sport England, JustGiving and CCPR have come together to make it easier for clubs to raise money and
claim Gift Aid, enabling volunteers to spend more time on sport and less time on administration.
Click the following link to see full article
JustGiving_for_Sports_Clubs.pdf
17/03/10
FA Community Awards presented by McDonald's to grassroots clubs and volunteers.
Grassroots football clubs and volunteers from across the country are set to be recognised this year, thanks to The FA Community Awards presented by McDonald’s.
The brand new initiative is backed by England’s 1966 World Cup hat-trick hero, Sir Geoff Hurst, and gives the grassroots football community a chance to put outstanding volunteers and clubs in the frame to receive a national award at The FA Community Shield this August.
“Grassroots football is full of passionate people who are dedicated to helping and encouraging others so The FA Community Awards presented by McDonald’s is a fantastic way of rewarding clubs, coaches and volunteers,” commented Sir Geoff.
The FA Community Awards features eight categories:-
Outstanding Contribution to Community Football Award
The FA Charter Standard Community Club Award
The FA Charter Standard Development Club Award
The FA Charter Standard Club Award
The FA Charter Standard League Award
Volunteer of the Year
Young Volunteer of the Year
Coach of the Year Award
Make your nomination by clicking on the relevant title above and filling out the form. Otherwise, nominations for The FA Community Awards can be made by contacting your local County FA.
The deadline date for nominations is 12 April and a shortlist of candidates will be selected by a judging panel featuring The FA, McDonald’s and Sir Geoff Hurst.
15/03/10
GET QUALIFIED NW
www.getqualifiednw.org.uk
The five NW County Sports Partnerships, the National Skills Academy and SkillsActive were part of a bid led by the University of Cumbria to offer sports, outdoors and fitness coaches the chance to get the qualifications they need to advance their careers. Get Qualified NW can reimburse 60% of a course fee to a maximum of £200 for a level 2 and £300 for a level 3 or equivalent course.
To apply people must:
· Live, work or volunteer in the sector in the North West
· Apply for funding in advance of the course starting
· Not be a full time student
· Be 19 years or over on day 1 of the course (no upper limit)
All applicants have to do is book a place on a fundable course, meet the full criteria and apply online at www.getqualifiednw.org.uk
12/03/10
ST.HELENS CULTURAL & SPORTS 2010 AWARDS
Winners fittingly toasted at St.Helens Cultural & Sports Awards
(Saturday 27th February 2010)
The Park Inn Hotel was bursting with cultural talent this weekend as the annual St.Helens Cultural & Sports Awards took place. Individuals and groups representing performing arts, sport, heritage and creative writing were fittingly recognised for their contribution to the cultural offer in St.Helens.
The awards ceremonies, filled with glitter and glamour provided an excellent opportunity to celebrate all the good that is going on in the cultural scene in St.Helens. The evenings were sprinkled with performances from some of the most talented cultural individuals and groups in St.Helens.
Mark Edwardson, BBC Regional News Presenter hosted the Youth Awards on Friday evening, where sixteen youngsters from St.Helens, representing themselves, their families, schools and the Borough, were congratulated for their achievements. The Main Awards were hosted by Dianne Oxberry on Saturday evening, which included a variety of awards, culminating in a ‘Special Award for Services to Culture in St.Helens’
Special guests for the Awards included Andrew Langtree, (St.Helens-born Coronation Street actor), Helen Billington (Swimmer) and Nick Leather (Playwright from St.Helens) on Friday evening and Mike McCartney, photographer, musician and ‘Cultural Ambassador’ on the Saturday evening.
