Local Network Links



Community Foundation for Calderdale
Open4Community is a funding and support website for voluntary and community organisations. This portal provides you with comprehensive coverage of government, lottery, EU, non government and charitable trust funding opportunities in your area.

Charity Days

A group of registered trainers who have volunteered to give their free time to registered charities, to enable your training budget to go further.
Linda Widdop is the Social Enterprise Link Advisor for Calderdale her telephone number is 01422 343898 or 07734983791 email: linda.widdop@blwy.co.uk
Halifax Works is a Calderdale Council employment project dedicated to helping people into work.... We can help you:
  • Identify skills
  • Put a CV together
  • Complete application forms
  • Access new unadvertised vacancies
  • Prepare for an interview

Whether your unemployed, considering a career change or looking for a new job or promotion - we have the skills to help you develop yours.

Call now on: 01422 300020 or register online by visiting www.halifaxworks.org

Voluntary Action Calderdale (VAC) is the Local Infrastructure Organisation (previously CVS - Council for Voluntary Service), providing development and Infrastructure Support to Voluntary & Community groups in the borough of Calderdale (West Yorkshire). It has been set up to support both new and existing community & voluntary sector groups and represent their interests locally and regionally.

http://www.cvac.org.uk/
Comprehensive Spending Review: A Review of the future role of the third sector in social and economic regeneration- consultation with the third sector. For more infomation click on the

Charity and Third Sector Finance Unit.

The Compact is the agreement between government and the voluntary and community sector in England to improve their relationship for mutual advantage.

Compact Voice is the new name for the former Compact Working Group. Compact Voice will continue to represent the views of the voluntary and community sector to the new Commissioner for the Compact and the new organisation: Commission for the Compact currently being set up.

Parent and Carers Council

Parents and Carers Council Newsletter

For further online information click here

Next Step Trust is a new charity offering day provision in Calderdale for young people over the age of 19 with severe and complex needs. For further infomation call Jill Mitchell on 01422 845282 alternatively email angela@nextsteptrust.co.uk

Todmorden Children's Centre

Todmorden College,

Burnley Road, Todmorden

OL14 7BX

contact: 01706 548140

CMBC officers supporting each of the LAA block leads are as follows:

Economy and Enterprise: Geoff Barnes, tel: 01422 392225

Environment: Kay Hobson, tel: 01422 393118

Safer and Stronger Communities: Andrew Ramsay, tel: 01422 393089

Healthier Communities: Alan Duncan, tel: 01422 392207

Older People: Alan Duncan, tel: 01422 392207

Children and Young People: Sheron Hobson, tel: 01422 393199

WYCAS

West Yorkshire Community Accounting Service

Delivering quality accounting services and training to the voluntary sector.

0113 270 6269

info@wycas.org.uk

www.wycas.org.uk

PAYP Area Co-ordinators for Calderdale

North Halifax: Pete Edwards:

01422 254220

West Central Halifax: Shabina Mir:

01422 250033

The Valleys: Lorraine Daber:

01706 811123

Brighouse & Rastrick: Mohammed Rahoof:

01422 205034

Sowerby Bridge & Elland: Ian Hodges:

01422 839526

Local safeguarding children boards

Children can only be safeguarded properly if the key agencies work effectively together. Local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) are designed to help ensure that this happens. They put the former area child protection committees (ACPCs) on a statutory footing.

The core membership of LSCBs is set out in the Children Act 2004, and includes local authorities, health bodies, the police and others. The objective of LSCBs is to coordinate and to ensure the effectiveness of their member agencies in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

The statutory regulations, which came into force on 1 April 2006, are available from the OPSI website.

www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/lscb/

Vetting and barring

This page shows links to key documents and websites concerned with vetting those who are working with children

More vetting and barring information click here to view.

http://www.11million.org.uk/

This is the media, publications and general info centre for 11 MILLION led by the Children's Commissioner.


Our vision
Children and young people will actively be involved in shaping all decisions that affect their lives, are supported to achieve their full potential through the provision of appropriate services, and will live in homes and communities where their rights are respected and they are loved, safe and enjoy life.


Our mission
We will use our powers and independence to ensure that the views of children and young people are routinely asked for, listened to and acted upon and that outcomes for children improve over time. We will do this, in partnership with others, by bringing children and young people into the heart of the decision-making process to increase understanding of their best interests.

The Participation Project

(Calderdale Council)

The participation project aims to enable meaningful participation and involvement of children and young people in decision making.

Any organisations that feel they have young people that would be able to fulfil a representative position on the Youth Forum or would llike further information and support around participation should contact: anne.gomersal@calderdale.gov.uk

In Our Hands

Our world is changing. We all need more skills than ever before.

Two out of three jobs in the future will require a higher level of skills and better qualifications. In fact, in less than 10 years there will be very few unskilled jobs.

Meanwhile, thousands of employers - of all sizes - admit their staff don't have the right skills needed for the future.

But we're all natural learners - so use this site and the links to services available from our further education partners to explore how you can take control of your future, today.

Remember growing your skills and qualifications can also grow your income, so your future earnings really are in your hands.

Our future. It's in our hands.

Learning is The Perfect Gift

Know someone who is keen to learn a new skill? You can now buy gift vouchers towards the cost of further education courses, giving a friend or family member extra encouragement to start learning or training. For more information, call 0800 011 30 30

http://inourhands.lsc.gov.uk/index.html

Need Help With Transport?
Community Transport Calderdale provides fully accessible minibuses & people carriers for community groups & individuals that have difficulty using existing forms of
transport provision.
01422 346103
The Resource Centre
Hall Street
Halifax
HX1 5AY
Community Transport Calderdale also operates the
Todmorden &
UpperValley
Community Car Service
If you live in Todmorden or the Upper Valley and need help to get to places then we may be able to help.
With a dedicated team of volunteers using their own cars who can provide a door-to-door service in a safe and welcoming environment.
To find out more please contact
01706 813366
9 Burnley Road
Todmorden
OL14 7BU
Interested in Volunteering?
We are always looking for new volunteers to help run the service, if you can spare a few hours a week to drive a vehicle or act as a passenger assistant then we would love to hear from you.

Heptonstall J, I & N School

www.heptonstall.ik.org

Targeted Youth Support
The presentations from the event held on 3rd October in Leeds can be found on the Government Offices for Yorkshire and The Humber website or by following this URL link: http://www.goyh.gov.uk/goyh/cyp/?a=42496.
The introductory keynote address and York presentations are contained within the single file 'TYS GOYH Presentation' which may take about 60 seconds to download depending on computer processing speeds.

Muslim Youth Work Foundation

www.mywf.org.uk

Calderdale Primary Care Trust (PCT)

www.calderdale-pct.nhs.uk

The Brunswick Centre, providing sexual health and HIV services across Calderdale and Kirklees. Services for Children, young people and families include advocacy and one-to-one support for those who are HIV positive or directly affected by HIV and weekly drop-in support group. Grants and hardship payments to those with HIV and in need. Sexual health and HIV prevention information including secondary prevention for those already infected with HIV. The charity also works with people around sexuality issues particularly those who may be attracted to the same sex. Moreover, staff work closely with other agencies and refer and network so that children, young people and families get appropriate support and services around HIV, sexual health and /or sexuality issues. Staff provide training on sexual health, HIV and/or sexuality. For more info check out: www.thebrunswickcentre.org.uk email info@thebrunswickcentre.org.uk call 01422 341764

The Children's Plan

The Government wants to make this country the best place in the world for children and young people to grow up. The Children's Plan sets out how the Department for Children, Schools and Families is going to achieve that - by putting the needs of families, children and young people at the centre of everything we do.

You can download the full Children's Plan or a summary here

.Downloads


Play in The Children's Plan

Play England has produced two documents summarising the play-related commitments contained in The Children's Plan: Building brighter futures.

The Children's Plan outlines the government's strategy for improving services for children and young people and their families over the next ten years, with the aim of 'making England the best place in the world for children and young people to grow up'.

This landmark document includes significant government policy commitments that will benefit the play sector, including plans for the first ever national play strategy, £225m of new money to build or renovate play areas, and training to enable playworkers to gain a professional qualification.

Government has also said it will work with local authority planners to create more child friendly public spaces, implement more 20mph speed zones and encourage the wider adoption of home zones.

Policy summaries

Download Play in The Children's Plan (short version) [52KB PDF]

Download Play in The Children's Plan (long version) [109KB PDF]