'No Time for Goodbye' Workshops
'No Time for Goodbye' Workshops
No Time for Goodbye - Understanding the Impact and Providing Support to Children and Young People Following a Death by Suicide Course Outline: • The language around death by suicide • Addressing stigma • “Brave Face” • Emotions & behaviours, recognition and support • Coping strategies • Risk • Bereavement & neurodiversity • Explaining inquest to children & young people... read more »
Introduction to HIVCA
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight VCSE Health and Care Alliance (HIVCA) is an emerging collaboration between VCSE organisations across Hampshire (including Portsmouth and Southampton) and the Isle of Wight, established to facilitate the integration of the VCSE sector with the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System. Click this link to join the event and learn more about the HIoWICS, HIVCA and how your organisation can get involved! read more »
Safeguarding for community halls
What are your responsibilities? It's sometimes said that village hall charities don't have much responsibility for ensuring people using the venue are safe from harm, because that's up to the organisers of all the different activities that take place in halls. Obviously it's true that hirers have a key role in ensuring (as best they can) the safety and well-being of their participants, but the village hall committee has an important role too. Guidance documents and... read more »
Share ideas with fellow trustees and managers
Running a community hall or centre can be lonely work. If you’re the only paid staff member then a lot of the work and responsibility might be resting on your shoulders. If you’re a trustee then you might feel it’s up to you and your fellow committee members to keep things running, with very little help from the wider community. We can help. Connect online If your organisation is an Action Hampshire member, then you can use our online... read more »
Anti-social behaviour
We have recently heard accounts of significant anti-social behaviour around some community buildings. If there’s any trouble around your centre or hall, call 101 to log the issue (call 999 in an emergency, of course!). It’s also worth liaising with your local council’s community safety team to see how they can help. Even if you doubt the authorities will do anything, it’s still important to tell them about an incident so they get an accurate picture of what’s going... read more »
Share ideas with fellow trustees and managers
Running a community hall or centre can be lonely work. If you’re the only paid staff member then a lot of the work and responsibility might be resting on your shoulders. If you’re a trustee then you might feel it’s up to you and your fellow committee members to keep things running, with very little help from the wider community. We can help. Connect online If your organisation is an Action Hampshire member, then you can use our online... read more »
A training opportunity - with grant funding attached!
Action Hampshire is running a free learning programme for organisations that benefit their local community through trading. Hiring out premises counts as trading, so if you’re looking to significantly increase your income from room hire (or from any other trading activity) over the coming year or two then please think about applying. Places on the programme are fully funded and, what’s more, you’ll get a grant of at least £2,000 and up to £10,000. The exactly amount depends on how much... read more »
Induction and training for new trustees
New committee members need support and mentoring to help them get used to the role they have taken on. We have a ‘Top Tips’ booklet which should help – it was produced with new hall / association trustees in mind and is a useful reminder for all, we hope. Also, do you have some new (or not so new) trustees who would benefit from an induction session at our Winchester office? Email Kevin via this link to... read more »